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.

Oreston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plymstock

Historical Forms

  • Worston Passage 1466 Pat
  • Horstone t.Eliz Worth
  • Oriston 1739 Camden

Etymology

It is just possible that the first element may be har. The stone was clearly one used to mark a passage.If so, the w spelling must be parallel to the 15th cent. whole for hole . Cf. Warstock PN Wo 357.

Places in the same Parish