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.

Easton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowness

Historical Forms

  • Estuna t.Hy2 Weth
  • Eston 1279 Ass 1652 CWi
  • Easton 1589 ExchKR
  • Easton gressdyke, the grasse dyke of Easton 1589 LRMB

Etymology

'East farm,' v. tūn . “The eastermost town of the mannor” (Denton 78).