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.

Aston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aston

Historical Forms

Eastune 11th Gesta

Eastonam 1136 EHASi

Eston(e) 1086 DB 1362 FF

Aston(e) 1296 SR 1298 FF

Asson 1611 Sess

Etymology

'East farm,' v. tun . East perhaps with reference to Bennington.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Bareleigh

Other OS name