Alton Barnes and Alton Priors
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alton Barnes and Priors
Historical Forms
- Aweltun 825 BCS390 c.1150
- Auuiltone 1086 DB
- Awelton 1155–60 StOsmund 1205 Pap 1242 Fees 1268 Ass
- Awelton Berners 1282 Ass
- Awltone, Aultone 1086 DB
- Aulton 1189 BM
- Aulton Prioris 1199 P
- Aulton prioris Winton' 1249 Ass
- Aulton Berners 1258 FF
- Aulton Berner 1285 FF 1297 Pat
- Aulton Bernes 1316 FA
- Priores Aulton 1321 Ass
- Aulton by Wilcote 1392 Pat
- Aulton Barones 1512 NewColl
- Alton Barnas 1524 SR
Etymology
'Farm by the spring or stream source,' v. æwielle , tun . In the bounds of Alton the spring is referred to as westmæstan æwylle (BCS 390). Alton Priors belonged to the priory of St Swithin's, Winchester. Barnes clearly goes back to a holding by a member of the Berners family, but no record of such has been found.
Places in the same Parish
None