Aston Rowant
Major Settlement in the Parish of Aston Rowant
Historical Forms
- Estone 1086 DB 1278–9 RH
- Estton' 1235 Fees
- Estone Sancte Elene 1285 Ass
- Eastuna c.1110 EHRxl 15th
- Aston' 1246–7 Ass 1526 LS
- Aston Roaud 1318 Ipm
- Astone Sancte Helene 1315 Bodl(Barrett)
- Aston Sancte Eliene 1316 FA
- Astun Ruhant 1407–8 AD
Etymology
'East tūn.' Rowant from Rowald de Eston', who had land here in 1235–6 (Fees). Sancte Elene probably from the family of John de Sancta Elena , who held the adjacent Crowell in 1295 (Ipm).