Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (æt) Westtune, (apud) Westonam (title) 933 SherC(S423) 12

• Westun 998 12 ib

• Westone 1086 DB 1327 SR

• Westona 1125(12),1145(12) SherC

• Weston(') 1212 P 1268 Ass

• Westesun (sic) 1535–43 Leland

• Weston' Abbatis 1280 Ass

• Weston Abbots 1334 FF

• Weston Abbot 1439 HarlCh

• Weston alias Stalbridge Weston e17 Cecil

• Stalbridge Weston 1795 Boswell

• North Weston 1388 Hutch3(3675)

Etymology

'West farm or estate', v. west , tūn , referring to its situation in relation to Stalbridge. The earlier affixes Abbatis (gen.sg. of Lat  abbas 'an abbot') and Abbot (s ) refer to its possession by Sherborne Abbey from the 10th cent. North Weston 1388 Hutch3 (3 675) may have been part of this manor or of Callow Weston supra . The Anglo-Saxon bounds of Stalbridge Weston are given in 933 (12) SherC (S 423), v. Grundy 760–65, Hart 159–160.