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.

Easton Grey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Easton Grey

Historical Forms

  • Estone 1086 DB
  • Estuna t.Hy2 Ch 1268
  • Eston 1243 Pat 1258 Ipm
  • Eston Grey 1289 Ass
  • Aston(e) Gray 1311 Sarum
  • Aston(e) Grey 1341 Ipm 1460 Pat

Etymology

'East farm,' v. tun . John de Grey held the manor in 1243 (Pat).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site