English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Aldermaston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldermaston

Historical Forms

  • Ældremanestone, Heldremanestvne, Eldremanestune 1086 DB
  • Aldremanneston' 1178 P
  • Aldremaneston' 1220 Fees
  • Aldremanston 1296 Ipm 1327 SR 1340 Pat
  • Aldermannestone c.1160 OxonCh
  • Aldermannestun 1167 P
  • Aldermaneston 1229 Ch
  • Aldermanneston Achard 1300 Cl
  • Audermaneston' 1235–6 Fees
  • Ardemamston 1284 Ass
  • Aldermaston 1405 Fine

Etymology

'Farm of the (e)aldormann', v. tūn ; Alderminster (Wo 184–5) is identical in origin, cf. also Aldermanbury (BdHu 11). Achard from the family of Robert Achard to whom the manor was granted by Henry I (VCH iii, 388).