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

Other OS name in the Parish of Bigbury

Historical Forms

  • Southestone c.1280 Exon
  • Esteton 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Southestone c. 1280 Exon,Esteton 1330SR (p) . ' East farm , ' v. tun . It lies NE of Bigbury . The first form is for ' South Easton . '