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.

Weston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weston

Historical Forms

  • Westone 1086 DB
  • Weston(e) 1138–48 Templars
  • Weston by Baudak 1308 Ipm
  • Weston Argentine 1579–87 ECP

Etymology

'West farm,' v. tun . What it is west in relation to is not clear, as there is no other name in tun to the east. Richard de Argentein held the manor in 1206 (FF ).