Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Estone 1086 DB

• Eston 1178 Whall 1397 ChRR

• Heston(a) 1185–90 Facs 1191 ib

• Estun 1190–1200 ib

• Estona 1190–1211 Cott.Nerociii 1194 Facs

• Astona 1135–54 Orm2 17

• Astun 1185 Chol

• Aston 1190–99 Facs e13 Whall

• Aston iuxta Sutton 1191 ArlB

• Aston super Wevre 1280 Ipm

• Aston iuxta Crewode 1287 Court 1315 Chol

• Aston sub Cruwode 1398 AddCh

• Aston iuxta Dutton 1312 Plea

• Haston 1311 AddCh

• Astoun 1347 ib

• Aston Towne 1594 AD

• As(s)h(e)ton iuxta Sutton 1381 Plea, Orm2

• Ashton 1554 Whall

Etymology

'East farm', v. ēast , tūn , lying east of R. Weaver, and in the southeast corner of Runcorn parish, cf. Norton, Sutton, Weston 173, 180, 182infra . The later forms show confusion with æsc 'an ash-tree'.The suffixes refer to Sutton and to R. Weaver 138, Dutton 112supra , Crewood 326infra . For earlier forms, v. Middleton Grange infra .Aston by Sutton, Aston Grange and Middleton Grange are frequently comprehended by the name Eston , Aston , without addition, and it is not always possible to distinguish between the parts of what must have been originally one territory. Aston was a parochial chapelry of Runcorn parish, v. 159supra .