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.

Ogston Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brackenfield

Historical Forms

  • Oggodestun c.1002 ASWills c.1100
  • (æt) Oggodestune 1004 Peniarth 13th
  • Oggodeston 1252 Ch
  • Oug(h)edestun(e) 1086 DB
  • Oggedeston(e), Hoggedeston(e) 1154–9 Darley c.1200 DbAxvi e.13th WollCh
  • Oggetiston 14th Felley
  • Ogedestone 1212 RBE
  • Oggeston Ed1 Beau 1532 Woll
  • Ogaston 1293 DbCh 1431 FA
  • Ogston 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Oggod's farm', v. tūn . This pers.n. which occurs in BCS 1130 (972–92) is perhaps of Continental Germanic origin, cf. Forssner 200.