Unstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Unstone
Historical Forms
- Onestune 1086 DB
- On(e)ston(e), Oniston(e), Onyston(e), -ton(e) 1263 FF 1269 Ass Hy3 WollCh 1282 FF 1296 Ipm 17th
- Honestune 1086 DB
- Honeston 1272 Ass
- Honistun e.13th DbCh
- Honston 1519 ib
- Ounston(e), Ownston(e) 1368,1393,1538 Relxx 1546 MinAcct 1577 Saxton 1757 ShefMD
- Hunston 1296 Ipm
Etymology
Perhaps 'Ōn's farm', v. tūn , as suggested by Ekwall (DEPN).The unrecorded OE pers.n. Ōn would be the strong form of Ona .Spellings in Oun -, Own -, which show the development of an unshortened pronunciation, are paralleled by spellings in browke from brōc .