Keyston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Keyston
Historical Forms
- Chetelestan 1086 DB 1163,1166 P
- Ketelestan 1172 P 1209 For
- Ketillistan 1173 P
- Ketstan 1227 Ass
- Ketlestan 1227 Ass
- Ketelston 1248 For
- Keston 1255etpassimto1442 IpmR
- Ketston 1260 Ass
- Kestan 1260 Ass 1272 FF 1286 Orig 1293 Ipm 1299 FF 1303 1428 FA
- Kesston 1309 Ipm
- Kaiston 1526 LS
- Keyston 1553 FF
- Kayston al. Keyston 1560 FF
- Keston 1647 HMC
- Keyston or Keston c.1750 Bowen
Etymology
'Ketill's stan.' The pers. name is of Scand. origin. As Keyston is the most westerly village in the county it is probable that the stan was a boundary stone marking the westernmost limit of the shire or of some more ancient local division which it represents.