Osmaston By Derby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Osmaston by Derby
Historical Forms
- Osmundestune 1086 DB
- Os(e)mundeston(e), Os(e)mundiston(e), -ton(e) 1154–9,1157,1159 Darley 1188 P c.1190 Darley 1201,1202,1203 P 1206 Cur
- Os(e)mundiston(e) by Derby 1356 Pat
- Osmun(d)ton' 1195 P 1196 ChancR 1197 P 1210 P
- Os(e)mondeston(e) c.1250,c.1270 Dale 1330 Ass 1380 Pat 1431 FA
- Osmondston 1454 Cl
- Osmaneston 1454 Cl
- Osmaston 1450 Rental
- Osmaston juxta Derby 1502 Ipm 1577 Saxton
Etymology
'Ōsmund's farm', v. tūn ; cf. Osmaston by Ashbourne infra 595.It may well have been named from the Osmund who held three bovates of land here TRE (DB).