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.

Alston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Malborough

Historical Forms

  • Alwinestona 1086 DB
  • Alwiston 1228 FF
  • Alwyston 1478 ADvi
  • Alwyneston 1285 FA

Etymology

The place takes its name from one Alwin who held the manor TRE (DB f. 322 b ). Alwin is for earlier OE  Ælfwine .