Osmaston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Osmaston
Historical Forms
- Osmundestune 1086 DB
- Osmundiston(e), Osmundeston(e) c.1141,1162,1226 Tutbury 1230 Cl 1275 RH 1406 Tutbury
- Osmundiston(e) iux' Asshebourn' 1371 Cor
- Ossemundiston(e) late12th Okeover 1252 Ch 1306 Ass
- Os(e)mondeston(e) c.1141 Tutbury
- Os(e)mondeston(e)iuxta Esseburne 1281 Ass 1285 FF 1321 RadCh 1452 Tutbury
- Osmunston 1268 WollCh
- Osmoston 1451 Tutbury
- Osmaston 1515 DbCh
- Osmaston alias Osmondeston 1559 Pat 1596 Lanc
Etymology
'Ōsmund's farm', v. tūn . It is sometimes distinguished as by Ashbourne ; cf. Osmaston by Derby supra 489.