Colston Bassett
Major Settlement in the Parish of Colston Bassett
Historical Forms
- Coletone 1086 DB
- Colestune 1120 Eynsham c.1195
- Colestun c.1155–60 DbCh
- Coleston(a) c.1155 Eynsham c.1195 Fees 1212,1242 ClR 1217 FF 1244
- Coliston(a) 1235 Fees
- Coleston Basset(t) 1228 Ebor 1257 Ch 1277 Ipm
- Colston Basset 1265 Misc
- Colstonbasseth 1291 Tax
- Colfston' 1270 Ebor
- Colleston Basset 1280 Ass
- Calston Basset 1428 FA
Etymology
'Farm of Kolr ,' v. tun . See further Car Colston supra 223 and Introd. xviii. Ralf Basset , justiciar under Henry I, was possessed of the manor in 1120 (Eynsham).