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.

Oldstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blackawton

Historical Forms

  • Ouldstone 1551 DA

Etymology

'Ulf 's farm,' v. tun . Úlfr is an ON pers. name.This place and the neighbouring Grimston may both alike take their names from late Anglo-Scandinavian settlers.