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 Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Westone 1086 DB
  • Westona 1154–60 Ch 1329 Facs 1170
  • Weston 1260 Court
  • Weston iuxta Haghton 1287 Court
  • Weston iuxta Frodesam 1324 Dow
  • Weston iuxta Runkore 1353 BPR
  • Westan 1287 Court
  • Windy Weston 1678,1709 Sheaf

Etymology

'west farm', v. west , tūn . Cf. Sutton 180supra , and Halton, Runcorn 166, 176supra , Frodsham 326infra . The place was called Windy Weston from its exposed position at Weston Point overlooking the Mersey Estuary, v. windig .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site