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.

Little Neston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Neston

Historical Forms

  • Parua Neston 1278 ChFor
  • Parua Neston in Wirrall 1397 ChRR
  • Littel Neston 1347 ChFor

Etymology

i. Little Neston (109–2976), as for Great Neston & Little Neston 222supra , and Parua Neston 1278ChFor et freq , Parua Neston in Wirrall 1397 ChRR, Littel Neston 1347ChFor et freq with variant spellings Li (t )te (l )l Neston , Lytle Neston , Lytel Neston , Lytyl Neston , Lytul Neston , Lityl Neston , Littill Neston , Little Neston , 'the smaller part of Neston', v. lȳtel , lítill , parua , cf. Great Neston 222supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site