Epperstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Epperstone
Historical Forms
- Epstone, Eprestone 1086 DB
- Aperstone c.1090 Dugdiii
- Aperiston c.1310 For
- Aperston 1639 StJ
- Epreston(e) 1225 BorRec 1280 Ebor 1302 FF 1330 Ass
- Esperston 1240 FF
- Eperiston 1242 Fees 1314 Ipm
- Epereston 1296 Ch 1312 Ass 1327 SR
- Ebreston 1280 Ass
- Eppreston 1303 Ebor 1311 Ch 1319 Ass
- Eperson 1703 ParReg(Nottingham) 1759 ib
Etymology
In DEPN the suggestion is made that the first element is an OE personal name, possibly *Eoh-beorht , an unrecorded name for which Ekwall cites the parallel of Eohric . This is a possible solution but we have no other evidence for OE compound names in Eoh -. Possibly the personal name is OE Eorphere which is on record. The first r would readily be lost. v. tun .