Aston on Carrant
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashchurch
Historical Forms
- Estone 1086 DB
- Estuna 1100–35 Pat 1496 Ch 12 1300
- Aeston 13 Tewk84
- Aston' 1271 FF 1287 Ass 1295 Ipm c.1560 Surv
- Aston' on Carent(e), Aston' super Carent(e), Aston' on Karent(e) 1282,1291 Episc 1318 FF 1378 FF
- Aston' super Carrant 1469 MinAcct 1543 AOMB
- Aston' Vpkeraunte 1527 Rent
- Aston' super Carraunt 1535 VE 1571 FF
- Aston' Karent 1576 MonLand
- Aston' upon Carron 1682 PR
- Assh(e)ton 1339 Ipm
- Assh(e)ton Karent 1376 ib
- Asscheton sup' Carraunte 1545 MinAcct
- Ashton super Charan 1570 FF
- Asson-upon-Charran 1661 PR
Etymology
'East farmstead', v. ēast , tūn , so called because it lies east of Tewkesbury. It is on Carrant Brook (i, 4supra ).