Asthall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Asthall
Historical Forms
- (æt) Eást Heolon early11th ÆlfricPentateuch
- Esthale 1086 DB 1354 Ipm
- Asteles c.1185 OxonCh
- Astal 1275–6 RH 1797 Davis
- Estlihall 1205 Cl
- Estate 1220 Fees
- Estal 1237 Fees c.1300
- Estalle 1242–3 Fees
- Estall' 1278–9 RH
- Hesthall 1219 FF
- Hesthalle 1285 Ass
- Asthall' 1246–7 Ass 1428 FA
- Astehalle 1526 LS
- Easthalle 1278–9 RH
- Aschall 1285 Ass
Etymology
v. ēast , h(e)alh. Probably the original name was plural, ēast - healas , and the earliest form represents the dative, unless the eo goes back to an ablaut variant (with Germanic e :a ). The sonant l grade is represented in holh .
The same name, also in the plural, occurs in KCD 1279 in the boundaries of land in Arncott in the east of the county, v. 162.Grundy identifies this with some hollows in a hillside.