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- Publishing Information
- General Links for this Work
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Place Names and their Meanings
- Scope and Arrangement of the Dictionary
- The Chronology and Languages of English Place Names
- Some Different Place Name Types and Structures
- Irish Place Names
- Scottish Place Names
- Welsh Place Names
- The Wider Significance of Place Names
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Republic of Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
- The Channel Islands and Isle of Man
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Glossary of Some Common Elements in British Place Names
- Select Bibliography for Further Reading
- Dictionary of British Place Names: Appendix of Web Links
Aston,
- Source:
- A Dictionary of British Place Names
- Author(s):
A. D. Mills
a common name, usually ‘eastern farmstead or estate’, OE ēast + tūn; examples include: Aston Birm. Estone 1086 ( ...
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- Publishing Information
- General Links for this Work
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Place Names and their Meanings
- Scope and Arrangement of the Dictionary
- The Chronology and Languages of English Place Names
- Some Different Place Name Types and Structures
- Irish Place Names
- Scottish Place Names
- Welsh Place Names
- The Wider Significance of Place Names
- England
- Northern Ireland
- Republic of Ireland
- Scotland
- Wales
- The Channel Islands and Isle of Man
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Glossary of Some Common Elements in British Place Names
- Select Bibliography for Further Reading
- Dictionary of British Place Names: Appendix of Web Links
