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.

North Anston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Anston

Historical Forms

  • Anestan 1086 DB a.1172,1186–1213 YChvi 1199 Ch 1232 YCh 1203 Fees c.1219 Ass19d 1246 Ch 1283 PT 1379
  • Anestan Deyvile 13 YDvii
  • North Anestan l.13 BM 1301 YDxii,96 1315 Ch
  • Annestan 1176–89 YCh1412
  • Ennestan 1189–1201 YCh1411
  • Aneston' 1200 OblR 1203 YCh1413
  • Anstan 1268 Ch 1321 YDviii 1447 Pat
  • North Anstan 13 YDvii 1297 LS 1301 YDxii,96
  • Northanston 1399 YDvii 1533 FF 1659 WillS
  • Northanston alias Chappell Anston 1619 FF

Etymology

'The single or solitary stone', v. ān , stān , with the affixes Deyvile (from some Norman tenant), North , and Chappell to distinguish it from South Anston infra .