English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

West Town (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Taplow

Historical Forms

  • Weston 13th ADi
  • le Westoun 1347 Orig

Etymology

'West farm' but why so it is not easy to say. It lies on the West side of the parish and is just west of Burnham Abbey but is hardly west of Burnham itself.

Places in the same Parish