Aston Blank or Cold Aston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Aston Blank
Historical Forms
- æt Eastunæ 716–43 BCS165 11th
- in Easttune 1033–8 ASChartlxxxvii
- Eston(e), Estona 1086 DB 1184–94 WinchLB 1208 Abbr 1209 Fees
- Cold Estona 1255,1286 FF 1287 Ass
- Hestonia 1127 P
- Aston(e) 1184–95 WinchLB 1285 FA 1287 Ass
- Cold(e) Aston(e) 1184–94 WinchLB 1287 Ass 1309 Ipm 1675 Ogilby
- Aston(e) frigida 1275 BM 1289 Episc
- Coldi Aston(e) 1303 FA 1616 FF
- Cowlde Aston(e) 1586 ib
- Aston Magna 1291 Tax
- Colde Aston als. Little Aston 1590 FF
- Aston Blan(c)k(e) 1685 PR
- Aston Blan(c)k(e) als. Coldaston 1535 VE 1627 FF
- Aston Longchampe 1548 FF
Etymology
'East farmstead', v. ēast , tūn , doubtless so called because it lies in the east of the hundred or because it faces the east. The affixes cold , coldi (v. cald ) and Lat frigida refer to its cold exposed situation nearly 700 ft. above sea level, Longchampe to its tenure by that family from the 13th century (BG xxxvi, 133), and Blank possibly also to its 'bareness' or poor vegetation (v. OFr blanc 'white, bare'), since no family of that name occurs locally, though the Fr surname Blanc is possible as a feudal affix. The spellings are sometimes difficult to distinguish from those of Cold Ashton (iii, 62infra ).