Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• æt Awultune 1001×1012 ASWrits(S1383)

• Awoltona c.1160 AddCh

• Altone 1086 DB

• Alton(e) 1226 Cur 1280 Ass 1428 FA

• Alton (St.) Pancras 1326,1407 Pat

• Alton Pangrage 1546 Lane

• Aulton 1091 Osm

• Aultona c.1160 Sarum

• Aulton(e) 1202,1224 Cur 1258 For 1268 Ass 1431 FA

• Haulton' 1244 Ass

• Aulton Pancras 1372 FF 1472 Cl

• Aulton St Pancras 1423 Pat

• Aulton Pancrace 1475 DorR

• Awelton(e) c.1160 Osm 1216 ClR 1224 Cur c.1226 Sarum 1256 FF

• Aweltone Pancratii c.1226 Sarum

• Auelton(') 1226 Osm 1268 Ass

• Halgton' 1225 Cur

• Prebend' de Aulton in laico feodo in Northbury 1291 Tax

• 'prebend of Aulton in Northbury' 1306 Pat

• Alton Boreal(is) 1795 Boswell, 1796 DCMDeed

• Prebend' de Aulton in laico feodo in Suthbury 1291 Tax

• Alton Pancras alias Alton Australl 1684 WRO

• Alton Australis 1795 Boswell

Etymology

'Farmstead or settlement at the source of a stream', from ǣwyll 'spring, source' and tūn , thus identical in origin with Alton Ha 22, Alton Barnes and Priors W 317. The R. Piddle rises here; a spring is marked 6″.The affix Pancras (Latin Pancratius ), first recorded in the early 13th cent., is from the dedication of the church. There was an early division of the manor, described thus in 1774 Hutch1 2470: 'the two manors, or parcels of demesne land, now denominate and belong to two prebends in the church of Salisbury; viz. Alton -Borealis and Alton -Australis '. The former is earlier Prebend ' de Aulton in laico feodo in Northbury 1291 Tax, 'prebend of Aulton in Northbury '1306 Pat, Alton Boreal (is )1795 Boswell, 1796 DCMDeed, the latter is Prebend ' de Aulton in laico feodo in Suthbury 1291 Tax, Alton Pancras alias Alton Australl 1684WRO , Alton Australis 1795 Boswell, 'the north and south manors', v. norð , sūð , bury , borealis , australis , Austral Fm infra .