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.

Austin

Other OS name in the Parish of Egg Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Austyn 1333 SR

Etymology

is perhaps to be associated with the family of John Austyn (1333SR ) . For omission of the genitival s , cf. Durrantsupra 103 .