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

Other OS name in the Parish of Crediton and Crediton Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Ayleston 1330 SR 1427 IpmR

Etymology

is Ayleston 1330SR (p), 1427 IpmR . Perhaps ' Ægel 'stun . '