Anyone want to help me decipher the name of my house? [pic included]

[Bobkitten]

Hello all,

I’ve lived in my house over a year and only a few days ago I noticed that the concrete pillar outside our house has worn letters on it.

I’m very curious as to what they say, but try as I might, I can’t make out the word.

Any suggestions?

If I had to take a guess I would say Christian!

Camston?

Definitely ston at the end....

The last three letters definitely look like TON, actually. I'm seeing C H S T O N as I look closer

Try doing a rubbing of the letters onto paper? Might make the raised bits stand out better? Also, if you've got any old paperwork as part of the deeds then might be worth having a read of those. Roughly whereabouts in the country are you as dialect/local language might play a part?

FWIW I think it starts CH and ends in STON but it looks like an M inbetween which can't be right.

Coniston (there’s a lake in the Lake District called this)

Something that ends in "Stone". The first letter is a C I think...

Camston seems like a good shout!

Chilston ?

Can you do a rubbing of it (paper over the top and pencil or ideally stubby wax crayon to go over it).

I agree STON at the end, and think the second letter is A.

CAUSTON?

It ends with stone

Something Stone

Gunston

Actually I think it's Camstone on second look

X-post!

Chilstone?

When was the house built? If 1911 or earlier someone may be able to look up on online census

I also agree it ends in “stone”

CHILSTONE

Isn’t there another letter after the N at the end?
Chamstoni?

Looks like it could be Caustone to me?

If the house is old enough, you could try doing a street address search on the 1939 census. It may give the name of the house.

Chilstone

Or maybe Chitstone

Camstone.

Have you googled the address to see if anything comes up?