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.

Oldstead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kilburn

Historical Forms

  • veterem locum 1247 Ch
  • Oldsteade 1541 Dugdv.355

Etymology

v. (e)ald, stede and cf. Newstead 194supra .