|
Allostock is a name derived from “Lostock”, a
Celtic name meaning “a place where there are
piggeries” ! The original Lostock became “Auld” or “Old Allostock”, eventually becoming Allostock. The origins of the name suggest that despite being overlooked in the Doomsday survey the piggery was a flourishing concern before the Norman Conquest and possibly even during Roman times.
One of the earliest recorded references to “Alostocke” appears in the Leycester of Tabley papers of the early 13th century.
When the Saxons settled in Allostock possibly from as early as the 7th century they appear to have named part of today’s Allostock, “Bradshaw”, (“the broad wood” – from the Old English “brad” and “sc(e)aga”). The name survives today in the name of the brook, Bradshaw Brook Farm, Bradshaw Brook Methodist Church and Bradshaw House.
Pre-conquest Allostock contained a Scandinavian manor, Hulme Hall. The name derives from the same root as the common Scandinavian ending in “holm”, as in Stockholm. More...
|
