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.

Edstaston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Stanestune 1086 DB
  • Edistanston', Edestaneston' 1255-6 Ass
  • Edenestanton' 1291-2 Ass
  • Edstanton 1376 Cl
  • Hedistaston 1484 Cl
  • Estaston 1577 Saxton
  • Edstaston 1672 HTR
  • Edsteston 1674 PR(L)

Etymology

'Ēadstān's estate', v. tūn . Edstaston is a township of Wem.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name