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Aldston

Northumberland, England, Europe

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Description of institution: Alston is a town in Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne.

The name of the town is recorded in 1164–71 as Aldeneby and in 1209 as Aldeneston, and seems to mean "the settlement or farmstead belonging to [a Viking man named] Halfdan".
URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alston,_Cumbria