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Owston
is a parish in the bottom east of the Isle of Axholme. It
is made up of the villages of Owston Ferry and hamlets of Gunthorpe,
West Ferry, Heckdyke and Melwood. In 1841 the
parish of West Butterwick was created from part of Owston parish.
Place-name.
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Owston - 1086
Ostone (Domesday Book) |
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austr - To the east of/eastern
(Haxey) (Old
Scandinavian) |
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tun -
village, farmstead, estate or
manor (Old English) |
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austr + tun = Owston |
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Meaning - East farmstead |
Further reading
- Mills, A. D. A Dictionary of English Place Names
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