Alveston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alveston
Historical Forms
- æt Eanulfestune 966 BCS1182 11th KCD651 985 11th
- Alvestone 1086 DB
- Alfueston 1168 P
- Alfestun 1089 BM
- Alvestuna t.Wm1 Ch 1313
- Eluestone 1221 Ass
- All(e)ston 1469–1515 StratGild
- Auulston 1547 BailiffsAccts
- Alveston al. Anston 1595 Recov
- Alveston al. Aulston al. Awlston 1603,1661 FF
- Aulston al. Auston 1605 FF
- Auston al. Alveston 1615 Recov
- Auson al. Alveston 1629 Depositions
- Allaston 1652 Cai
Etymology
“In that Grant, bearing date DCCCLXVI (sic) it is written Eanulfestune , which shows that the name originally sprung from some ancient possessor thereof, Eanulfus having been an appella- tion very frequent in those elder times” (Dugdale 511).'Ēan (w )ulf 's farm,' v. tun . For a similar reduction cf. Alton (PN Wo 70), Eanulfintun (KCD 738), Aelfingtun (Heming).