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.

Eston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Preston

Historical Forms

  • decenna de Eston 15 Digby 1451,1460 Ct 1465–1496 Weld1

Etymology

Eston (lost), decenna de Eston 15Digby , 1451, 1460Ct , 1465–1496Weld 1, 'east farm or village', v. ēast , tūn ; this was one of the two tithings into which the manor of Sutton Poyntz infra seems to have been divided, cf. Weston infra .