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

Early-attested site

Tilton

Other OS name