East Garston
Major Settlement in the Parish of East Garston
Historical Forms
- Esgareston 1180 P
- Esegareston' 1185 RR
- Esegarston' 1220 Fees
- Esgarston' 1284 Ass
- Essegarstone 1333 Queen
- Edgareston' 1232 Cl
- Edgarston 1412 FA
- Estgarston 1275–6 RH
- Estgreston' 1284 Ass
- Estgarton 1361 Fine
- Est Garston, Eastgarston 1535 VE
- Ergaston 1401–2 FA
- Azgaston 1559 BM
Etymology
'Esgar's estate', v. tūn . This land-unit is identical with the 30 hides in Lambourn which belonged in the reign of Edward the Confessor to his staller Esgar. The pers.n. is ultimately of Danish origin, v. Feilitzen 166–7. Two spellings suggest association with the English name Edgar . The forms from 1275 onwards suggest that the p.n. was sometimes interpreted as 'east gærs-tūn', and this popular etymology is responsible for the modern form. The local pronunciation is said in ArchJ 9 (1903), p. 7, to be 'Argaston'.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Alms Copse
- Blunsdon's Copse
- Bottom Copse
- The Brake
- Coneyclose Copse
- Cranes Copse and Cranes Fm
- Crow Pond
- Dore's Fm, Dore's Border and Dore's Copse
- Eastbury Bottom
- East Garston Down
- East Garston Woodlands
- Fairchild's Barn and Fairchild's Copse
- Fieldridge Copse
- Furze Border
- Gatherstone Bottom and Gatherstone Border
- Goldhill Ho and Goldhill Barn
- Goodings
- Grasscroft Copse
- Greenlands Copse
- Hasham Copse
- Heath Border
- Hook Border
- Humphrey's Lane
- Kimber's Border and Kimber's Fm
- Knight's Fm
- Lady Copse
- Littleworth
- Lodge Copse and Lodge Fm
- Mabberley's Fm
- Manor Farm
- Marsh Cottage
- Munday's Copse
- New Barn
- Noads Copse
- Oakfield
- Parsonage Fm
- Peake's Border
- Pightle Border
- Pitcherpond Border
- Potter's Barn
- Pound's Fm
- Queen's Arms P.H.
- Rogers's Lane
- Thistlyclose Border
- Tommylands Copse
- Warren Down, Warren Fm and Warren Plantation
- Washmore Hill
- Westfield Bottom, Westfield Fm and Westfield Well
- Woodclose Border and Woodclose Copse