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.

Gerston

Other OS name in the Parish of Totnes

Historical Forms

  • Grestuna 1133–8 Totnes
  • Grestonam
  • Garston 1535 VE

Etymology

is Grestuna 1133–8 Totnes, Grestonam n.d.Oliver 241, Garston 1535 VE . v. gærstun .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement