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.

Adstone

Major Settlement in the Parish of Adstone

Historical Forms

  • Atenestone, Etenestone 1086 DB
  • Attelestuna t.Hy2 ADi
  • Atteleston 1294 Ass 1298 Ipm 1356 Ass
  • Attleston 1258 FineR
  • Atteneston 12th Survey 1330 FA
  • Ateneston' 1206 Cur
  • Ataneston' t.Ric1 Cur
  • Attanestone 1206 FF 1220 Fees
  • Ettoneston 1199 Cur
  • Etteneston c.1200 BM
  • Atteneston et non Attereston 1299 Ass
  • Atneston 1314 Ipm 1417 ADii
  • Atteston 1319,1342 ADi
  • Adneston 1522 ADiii
  • Adneston al. Adston 1550 Pat
  • Adneston al. Addeston 1578 FF
  • Adson 1681 DKRxl 1702 Poll 1779 F

Etymology

'Ættin 's farm,' v. tun . Cf. Ekwall, Studies 4.

Places in the same Parish

None