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.

Austerlands

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Osterlands 1722 PRSad

Etymology

, 1771 M , Osterlands 1722 PRSad , probably from eowestre ' sheep-fold ' , land .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement