Alvaston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alvaston and Boulton
Historical Forms
- (æt) Alewaldestune c.1002 ASWills c.1100
- Aluualdestona Hy2 AddCh
- Al(e)waldeston(e), Al(e)waldiston(e), -ton(e) Hy2 Darley 1208 Cur 1219 FF 1330 Ipm
- Athelwaldeston c.1002 BurtReg late15th
- Alewoldestune 1086 DB
- Al(e)woldeston(e), Al(e)woldiston(e), -ton(e) Hy2 Darley e.13th Dale 1214 Darley 1227 StLK 1300 Dale
- Alvadeston 1236 Fees
- Alwodeston 1251 Ch
- Al(e)waston(e) c.1250 Dale 1257 Darley 1272 Ass 1280 Darley 1546 DKR
- Halwaston 1284–6 FA
- Alewaxtone 1281 Ass
- Alweston 1388 Cl
- Alwoston 1431 Fine
- Alvaston 1572,1574 AddCh 1577 DbAi
Etymology
'Alwald's farm', v. tūn ; cf. Alston (PN D 654) and for this pers.n. v. Feilitzen 154–5. It is impossible to decide how much weight can be placed on the late 15th-century copy of Wulfric Spot's Will which clearly suggests the OE pers.n. Æðelwald , one of the two possible sources of Alwald .