Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Nestone 1086 DB

• Nestuna 1096–1101(1150),1150 Chest

• Nestona 1096–1101 1280 ib

• Neston 1096–1101 17 1130–50 1285 ib

• Neston in Wyrhal 1258 Chest

• Neston infra portum civitatem Cestrie 1477 Morris

• Nesston 1348 Sheaf 1581 Cre 1663 Sheaf

• Neeston 1338 ChFor 1357

• Naston 1351 BPR

• Newston 1560 Sheaf

• Nesson 1596 AD 1671 Sheaf

• Neason 1674 Sheaf 1677 Hem

Etymology

'Farm or enclosure at the Ness', or 'farm belonging to the village of Ness', from tūn and ness , næss (cf. Burton Point 212supra ) or tūn prefixed by the p.n. Ness 220supra . Cf. Little Neston 225infra . Some of the forms suggest also OE  nesu (neosu), ME  nese (neose) 'the nose', figuratively 'a headland, a promontory'.