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.

Ostend

Other OS name in the Parish of Happisburgh

Etymology

( v. āst ' oast, kiln ' , ende 1 ; it is not quite clear in this case what is meant by ende , perhaps ' land lyinground the oast ' , v. Löfvenberg 35 s.n. Churchende ) .