Ayston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ayston
Historical Forms
- Æthelstanestun 1046 SAL(S1014) 12
- (into) Æthelstanes tune 1046 12 ib
- Adelstaneston' 1203 Cur
- Hadestanestun 1186 P
- Athestaneston 1284 OSut
- Athestanston 1254 Val
- Astaneston' 1293 OSut
- Asteneston' 1204 ClR 1299 For 1300 DC
- Astoneston 1256 For
- Astonston 1319 FF
- Atheston 1275 Pat c1291 Tax
- Aston(e) 1269 For 1286 Ass 1305 FA 1477 Banco
- Ayston 1535 VE 1564 SR 1610 Speed
Etymology
'Æðelstan's estate', v. tūn . The sole surviving Anglo-Saxon charter with boundary clauses for Rutland describes a grant of land at Ayston by Edward the Confessor to Æðelstan (ministro mihi …. fideli ). Ayston is thus a p.n. of late manorial type identifying a possession of a king's thane who, presumably, spent the majority of his time away from his estate. For discussion of the charter bounds, v. The Ayston Charter infra .