Alveston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alveston
Historical Forms
- Alwestan(e) 1086 DB 1130 P 1211–13 Fees 1214 ClR 1236 Fees 1316 FA
- Alweston' 1287 Ass 1288,1304 FF 1571 FF
- Halweston 1285 FA
- Aloestan' 1155–1230 P
- Algestan 1166 P
- Alewestan(e) 1156 RBE 1222 ClR 1228 Ch 1305 Cl 1390 Ch
- Aleweston 1230 Ch 1273 Ipm 1276 RH 1335 FF
- Alleweston 1466 Pat
- Alueston' 1248,1306 Ass 1316 BM 1497 FF
- Aluvestone 1342 BM
- Aloweston 1473 Pat
- Alveston 1322 Cl 1327 SR 1562 FF
- Alleston als. Allarston 1563 FF
- Allaston als. Alweston 1571 ib
Etymology
'Ælfwīg's stone', from the OE pers.n. Ælfwīg or Alhwīg . If it is from Alhwīg the change of Alwes - to Alves - was doubtless due to the influence of the neighbouring Olveston (119infra ).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
Field
- Ash croft
- August leaze
- Barn close & Barn mead
- Barleys
- Bean leaze
- Bethlehem hill
- Brandust
- Brier leaze
- Broad hyde
- Bury hill
- Candlestick hill
- Chelwood
- Clayfields
- Cockshot
- Colts craught
- Fatting leaze
- Goss park
- Ham pool
- Hangmans ash
- Hither craught
- Holcombe
- Hungerford leaze
- Larkhill
- Leigh
- Linches craught
- Linton
- Lipyeat
- Mabbot croft
- Moor shard
- Owls nest house
- Ox leaze
- Park mead
- Rag paddock
- Ridings
- Shoulder of Mutton
- Stanford mead
- Stoke hills
- Stone leys
- Tyning
- Vernalls
- Vilner hill
- Wookley leaze
- Alveston mead
- Helcomb
- the Hellett
- Oley felde
- Pykewelleham
- Pyrall Hamme
- Shelley
- Syhedd