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.

Ebberston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ebberston

Historical Forms

  • Edbriztun(e) 1086 DB
  • Edri(c)hteston, Ædbri(c)hteston 1163,1167 P 1167,1187 P
  • Edbriston 1185–95 YCh 1219 Malton 1301 LS
  • Edbreston 1254 RegAlbii.17 1259 Ass
  • Ebreston(a) 1114–9 YCh 1359 FF
  • Ebriston(e) 1202 FF 1322 NRS
  • Eberston 1316 Vill 1408 For

Etymology

'Eadbriht's farm' from OE  Ēadbriht and tun.

Places in the same Parish