Adgestone

The name is thought to mean 'the farmstead or personal estate belonging to a man called Æfic', from Old English Æfic (personal name) and tūn. 1086: Avicestone 1198: Auicheston ~1220: Avichestune 1299: Auchestone 1351: Achestone 1487: Agestone == History ==

It was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in the hundred of Bowcombe and the county of Hampshire. It had a population of 5 households and 1 vavasor. It also had 1 ploughland and 1 lord's plough team. Its value was 10 shillings in 1066 and 1086. In 1086, its tenant-in-chief was William son of Azur. == See also ==