Hr Ansty, Lr Ansty
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hilton
Historical Forms
- Anesty(e) 1219,1220 Cur e13 Osm 1269 Ilch 1288 Ass
- Anesti 1275 RH
- Auestye 1329 FF
- Ansty 1244 Ass 1355 Ipm 1795 Boswell
- Anstey(') 1399,1400 Ilch 1463 FF 1544 Hutch3
- Anstie 1602 AddCh
- Upper Ansty, Lower Ansty 1870 Hutch3
Etymology
Hr Ansty (ST 768039), Lr Ansty (765032) [ˈɑːnsti], Anesty (e )1219, 1220 Cur, n.d. (e13) Osm, 1269Ilch (p), 1288Ass , Anesti 1275 RH (p), Auestye (for Anestye ) 1329 FF (p); Ansty 1244Ass (p), 1355 Ipm (p), 1795 Boswell, Anstey (')1399, 1400Ilch , 1463 FF, 1544 Hutch3, Anstie 1602AddCh , Upper Ansty , Lower Ansty 1870 Hutch3, cf. Pleck or Little Ansty infra .'Path for one, narrow track', from ānstiga, identical with Anstey D 333, etc, cf. also a point in the OE bounds of Winterborne T. 2 82. M. Gelling, Place -Names in the Landscape (1984), examines the situation of this and other Anst(e)y place-names and suggests for ānstiga a meaning 'linking road, stretch of road linking at least four routes' (here with reference to the short length of road, forking at either end, near Ansty Cross).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Aller (Fm)
- Hartfoot Lane
- Hatherly Dairy, Hatherly Fm
- Newton Fm
- Palbroke or Parbrook
- Rawlsbury Camp, Rawlsbury Fm, Rawlsbury Wd
Other OS name
- Crockers Fm
- Harts
- Cothayes Dairy, Cothayes Drove
- Fern Wd
- Thomas's Hill Plant.
- Aldermore
- All Saints' Church
- Ansty Cross, Ansty Hollow, Hr Ansty Fm
- Breach Wd
- Broadclose
- Brooks Copse
- Castle Lake Spring
- Chilmore
- Coombe Btm, Coombe Hill, Coombe Wd
- Crown Inn
- Skinners Bottom
- Corn Mill
- Cuckoo Lane (Wd)
- Hill Barn
- Hilton Bottom (Barn)
- Hilton Higher Fm (Dairy)
- Hilton Hill Bldgs
- Hilton Lower Fm
- Hilton Wd
- Hoopers Lane
- Ice Drove
- Links Plant.
- Little Down Plant.
- Lower Gdns
- Mash Water
- Mill Pond
- Moots Copse
- North Wd
- Peck Mill
- Pleck or Little Ansty, Pleck Fm, Pleck Lane
- Raspberry Copse