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.

Ansty

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ansty

Historical Forms

  • Anestie 1086 DB
  • Anestia 1182 P
  • Anesty c.1144 Ch 1348 Ch 1451
  • Ansty 1249etfreqto1535 VE
  • Ansty juxta Combe 1326 Cl

Etymology

v. anstig . The village stands on a well-marked hill and there is an ascent to it by the roads from the south-east and southwest. Distinguished by its adjacency to Combe Abbey infra 105.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name