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Survey of English Place-Names

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Austonley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Alstaneslei(e) 1086 DB
  • Alstanley, Alstanlay 1274–1329 WCR
  • Alstanneley 1313 ib
  • Alstonlay 1395 WB
  • Austenley 1588 WillY
  • Austonley 1709 WMB

Etymology

'Alstan's glade or clearing', v. lēah . The pers.n. is from OE  Ælfstān or Alhstān .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name