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.

Garston Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watford

Historical Forms

  • Grastuna t.Hy2 Dugd
  • Gerston 1223 FF 1401 Pat
  • Garston 1255 Ass
  • Graston 1428 FA

Etymology

Garston Ho is Grastuna t. Hy 2 Dugd, Gerston 1223FF , 1401 Pat, Garston 1255Ass et freq , Graston 1428 FA. This is OE  gærstun, 'grassy enclosure, paddock.' See further PN Sr 360.