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.

Bastonford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Powick

Historical Forms

  • Berstanesford 1275 SR
  • Bestanesford 1347 FF
  • Bastingford 1787 Cary

Etymology

'The ford of either Beorhtstān or Beornstān ,' the forms being consistent with either. Barston (Wa) is from Beorhtstānestūn .