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.

Alston Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Alstone howse 1599 Derwent
  • Austenhowse 1631 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Alstone howse 1599Derwent , Austenhowse 1631 ib . v. hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement