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Survey of English Place-Names

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Auterstone

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Otherstone 1761 PR
  • Otterstone 1773 1787 ClarkeM
  • Alter stone or Oder stone 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1859OS , Otherstone 1761 PR, Otterstone 1773 ib, 1787 ClarkeM, Alter stone or Oder stone 1839TA , a great limestone crag and scar , possibly so called from a supposed resemblance to an altar .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name