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Survey of English Place-Names

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Peaston Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Kemble

Historical Forms

  • Perestone 14th BCS673
  • Pirrstone 1650 GR225
  • Peereston 1656 ib
  • Pearston 1709 ib
  • Peastones 1772 EnclA

Etymology

, Perestone n.d. (14th) BCS 673, Pirrstone 1650GR 225, Peereston 1656ib, Pearston 1709 ib, Peastones 1772EnclA , possibly ' stone by thepear-tree ' , v. peru , stān .