English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Alstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheltenham

Historical Forms

  • Aluuston' 1389 MinAcct Hy6 Rent
  • Alveston' 1448 FF 1450 Rent
  • Alueston' 1453 MinAcct Hy6 AddCh
  • Alneston (sic for Alueston) 1430 Rent
  • Almiston (sic for Aluuston) 1447 MinAcct
  • Alleston 1461–85 ECP
  • Alston Hy7 Rent 1549 Pat 1605 Comm
  • Aulston als. Alveston 1548 Pat
  • Awlston 1586 Comm
  • Alson Hy8 Rent 1605 Comm
  • Aws(s)on 1570 FF 1606 AOMB

Etymology

From the OE  pers.n. Ælf (as in Olveston iii, 119infra ) with occasional WMidl  gen.sg. forms in -us . v. tūn 'farmstead'.