Oxted
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oxted
Historical Forms
- Acsted(e) 1086 DB 1212 Fees c.1212 HMCVariv 1228,1285 Pat 1241 Ass
- Akested' 1176 P 1263 Ass
- Aksted 1241 FF
- Axsted' 1202 Cur
- Axstude 1210–12 RBE
- Axstede 1219 FF 1220 Bracton
- Ocsted 1225 Ass 1294 Winton
- Okstede, Hocstede 1255 Ass
- Okested 1267 Ch 1292–9 Ipm
- Ockstede ib.
- Ocstede 1279 Ass
- Okstide 1305 Ass
- Oxsted 1261–9 Ipm
- Oxstede 1305 Pat 1428 FA
- Oxstead 1621 FF
- Oxsted al. Okested 1694 Recov
- Oxsted al. Byrsted al. Bursted 1577 DeedsEnrolled
- Barsted 1582 FF
Etymology
'Place of oak trees,' v. ac , stede . Cf. Ashtead supra 68. In 1255 (Ass ) we have reference to Burwestede in Ocstede , evidently the same place as the later Bursted . This can hardly be anything other than the site of the earthwork, close to Oxted, mentioned under Barrowgreen infra . It would seem that the OE compound beorg-stede showed a different development (ME burwe ) from that found in Barrowgreen. Such a development is found in Burgh Heath supra 69 and would in this case be assisted by the presence of a burh on the beorg .