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.

Ednaston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brailsford

Historical Forms

  • Ednodestun(e) 1086 DB
  • Ednatheston 1229 Pat
  • Ednachestun 1252 Ch
  • Ednaston(e) Hy3 Darley 1305 Pat 1326 Tutbury 1330 Ass
  • Ednaston(e) als Adnaston 1543 DbAxxvii
  • Edenaston 1330 QW
  • Edneston 1291 Tax
  • Yednaston 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Ēadnōð's farm', v. tūn .