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.

Aston Rowant

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aston Rowant

Historical Forms

  • Estone 1086 DB 1278–9 RH
  • Estton' 1235 Fees
  • Estone Sancte Elene 1285 Ass
  • Eastuna c.1110 EHRxl 15th
  • Aston' 1246–7 Ass 1526 LS
  • Aston Roaud 1318 Ipm
  • Astone Sancte Helene 1315 Bodl(Barrett)
  • Aston Sancte Eliene 1316 FA
  • Astun Ruhant 1407–8 AD

Etymology

'East tūn.' Rowant from Rowald de Eston', who had land here in 1235–6 (Fees). Sancte Elene probably from the family of John de Sancta Elena , who held the adjacent Crowell in 1295 (Ipm).