sentences:  The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 378,
  increasing to 431 at the 2011 census.Specialists note the oldest mentions for "Eastoft" (Lincolnshire and West Riding of Yorkshire) "Eschetoft" around 1170, "Esketoft" around 1200 and "Esktoft" 13th century and suggest an Old Scandinavian origin, with the name formed from "eski" "ash-tree" and "toft" (< Old Norse "topt") "a homestead, the site of a house and its out-buildings", sometimes "toft" may also signify "a
  settlement site and its accompanying land".On this basis, it would mean "Homestead, house or curtilage where ash trees are growing".