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.

Alciston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alciston

Historical Forms

  • Alsistone, Alsitone 1086 DB
  • Alsistona, Alcistona 12th Bello 1327 SR
  • Alceston t.Hy2 Pat 1431
  • Alsieston c.1121 Harl 1212 Fees73
  • Alston 1332 SR

Etymology

'Ælfsige 's tun.'

Places in the same Parish