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Ceolstan

Discussion of the name

Ceolstan is an Old English masculine name comprising the elements cēol ‘keel, ship’ and stān ‘stone, rock, gem’.

There are nine entries for Ceolstan in the PASE corpus, of which Ceolstan 1-7 and perhaps Ceolstan 8 pre-date the eleventh century and Ceolstan 9 is a catch-all category for occurrences in DB.

Forms of the name

Spellings in Domesday Book: Celestan

Forms in modern scholarship:

  von Feilitzen head forms: Cēolstān

  Phillimore edition: Ceolstan

  Alecto edition: Ceolstan

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire	Phil. ref.	Vill	DB Spelling	Holder 1066	Lord 1066	Tenant-in-Chief 1086	1086 Subtenant	Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value	Conf.	Show on Map
Shire Wiltshire	Phil. ref. 68,9	Vill Grafton	DB Spelling Celestan	Holder 1066 Ceolstan 'of Grafton'	Lord 1066 Ralph de Hauville	Tenant-in-Chief 1086 Ralph de Hauville	1086 Subtenant -	Fiscal Value 0.84	1066 Value 1.75	1086 Value 1.75	Confidence B	Map
Totals								Fiscal Value	1066 Value	1086 Value

People of this name

• Ceolstan 10 - Ceolstan ‘of Grafton’ (Wilts.), fl. 1066x1086