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.

Adstock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Adstock

Historical Forms

  • Edestoche 1086 DB
  • Adestoca Hyii Rutland
  • Adestochia Ri ib
  • Hadestoke Ri P 1227,1247,1262 Ass 1284 FA
  • Hadestache c.1198 Cur(P)
  • Addestok(e) 1221 WellsR 1227,1241 Ass 1252 Ch 1375 Pat
  • Adestoke 1227 WellsR 1229 Ch 1242 Fees871 1248 Gross 1249 Ipm 1262 Ass 1302,1316,1346 FA 1305,1337 Ipm
  • Hedestok' 1235 Fees461 1262 Ass
  • Addestocke 1241 Ass
  • Astocke 1584 Archd

Etymology

'Aeddi's stocc.'

Places in the same Parish

None