Alston
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English Ælfes (given name with possessive) tun, translating as "Ælf's town".
Proper noun
Alston
- A market town in Cumbria, England.
- A village in Devon, England.
- A village in Lancashire, England.
- A small town in Georgia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English
References
- Mills, David (1976) “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 55
Anagrams
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Cumbria, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in Cumbria, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Devon, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Villages in Lancashire, England
- en:Places in Lancashire, England
- en:Towns in Georgia, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Towns