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.

Orston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Orston

Historical Forms

  • Oschintone 1086 DB
  • Oschinton(a) 1093(13th),1162–5 RegAntiq
  • Oschintuna 1146 13th ib
  • Oskenton(a) 1168,1169 P 1191–1200 LincolnDandC
  • Oskinton(a) 1167 P 1191–1200 LincolnDandC 1212 Fees 1247 Ebor
  • Ozinton 1166 P
  • Orskinton 1197 P 1212,1242 Fees 1241 Ipm 1261–5 HMCVarvii
  • Horsekinton 1258 Ass
  • Oscrintone t.John RBE
  • Hoxkintun' 1235 Fees
  • Horseton' 1272 Ebor
  • Horston c.1275 HMCVarvii 1291 Tax
  • Horstunstrete 1302–26 HMCVarvii
  • Horston 1428 FA
  • Orston 1272 Ebor 1278,1280 Ass 1284 FA
  • Orson 1612,1632 FF
  • Oskington nunc vocatur Orston 14th RegAntiq
  • Orston al. Orson al. Horskington 1613 Recov

Etymology

v. Ossington supra 195.