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.

Elston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Orcheston St George

Historical Forms

  • Wintreburne 1086 DB
  • Winterburn' Elye Giffard 1168 P
  • Winterborne Helias Giffard 1211 RBE
  • Eliston 1310 Ass 1316 FA 1383 BM
  • Wynterbo(u)rne Eliston 1299 Cl
  • Wynterbo(u)rne Elystone 1308 Sarum

Etymology

This is a late tun-name. It represents the manor held in the 12th century by Elias Giffard (cf. Till R. supra 10).

Places in the same Parish