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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ALSTON,
ALSTONE.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901,
and, Etymology of Cornish Surnames, by Richard Stephen Charnock,
1870.
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ALSTON, ALSTONE.
Bardsley has: A local name meaning "of Alston," a parish in co. Cumberland; a
chapelry in the parish of Ashburton, co. Devon; a township in the parish of
Ribchester, co. Lanc., &c. Also Alstone, a hamlet in the suburbs
of Cheltenham, and a chapelry in the parish of Overbury, co. Worc.
Charnock has: ALSTON.
From als-ton, the hill by the sea-shore.
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