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.

Wyaston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Edlaston and Wyaston

Historical Forms

  • Widerdestune 1086 DB
  • Wyardeston(e), Wyardiston(e), -ton(e), Wyardestoun 1244 FF 1269 Ass Hy3 WollCh 1281 Ass 1288 Cl 1403 Shir
  • Wyerdeston(e) 1265 Cl 1269 Ass 1280 Cl
  • Wiaston, Wyaston 1363 Ipm 1364 Cl 1415 Woll 1452 Cl
  • Wireson, Wierson 1734 Poll

Etymology

'Wīgh(e)ard's farm', v. tūn . The DB form Wid - is clearly an error.