habitational name from any of several places in
England called Aston. Most were named from Old English east
‘east’ + tun ‘settlement’. In a few cases the first element
is æsc ‘ash tree’.from a Middle English personal name,
Astan(us), which is probably a survival of Old English
Æ{dh}elstan or one of the other names mentioned at
Alston.
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