Aston.
A common placename:
Meaning & usage
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Remenham parish, Wokingham borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU7884).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A small village (Aston-by-Sutton) and civil parish (without a council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5578).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Sudbury parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1631).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1883).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Kingsland parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO4662).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2722).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A village in Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney parish, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP3402).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Claverley parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SO8093).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A small village in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ5328).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Wrockwardine parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire (OS grid ref SJ6109).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK4685).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A village in Maer parish, Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ7541).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A hamlet in Seighford parish, Stafford district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8923).
A common placename: A number of places in England: A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, historically in Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP0889).
A common placename: A suburban village in Hawarden community, Flintshire, Wales, contiguous with Shotton (OS grid ref SJ3067).
A common placename: A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France.
A common placename: A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, named after Aston, Oxfordshire.
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where this word comes from
From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.
A car made by Aston Martin.
Where this word comes from
From Old English ēast (“east”) and tūn (“town, village”). Doublet of Easton.
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