Aston Subedge
Major Settlement in the Parish of Aston Subedge
Historical Forms
- in easthammore 709 BCS125 c.1200
- Estvne 1086 DB
- Eston' 1221 Eyre 1248 Ass 1274 RH
- Eston' Johannis 1221,1236 Fees
- Aston 1273 Ipm
- Aston sub Egg(e) 1284 Episc 1287 Ass 1327 SR 1535 VE
- Aston subtus Egge 1297,1309 FF 1506 FF
- Aston under Egge 1362 FF 1378 ADiii 1438 Pat
- Aston Underedge 1563 FF
- Aston Subedge 1608 Harrowby 1682 PR
Etymology
'East farmstead', v. ēast , tūn ; it is east in relation to Weston Subedge (261infra ). The OE form is clearly an error for ēasthǣma -(ge )mǣre 'boundary of the men of Aston', as Aston Subedge parish lies against the southern boundary of Church Honeybourne (Wo), which the charter is dealing with; on the elliptical form cf. Chipping Campden and Weston Subedge (237, 261infra ), v. hǣme , (ge)mǣre. The affix in Aston, Weston and Norton (262infra ) refers to their location below the steep escarpment at the northern extremity of the Cotswolds (v. ecg , 'edge, scarp'). The place was called Johannis because it was held at the time by Johannes le Brun of the Bishop of Rochester.