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.

Easton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Easton

Historical Forms

  • Estone 1086 DB
  • Eston al. Esson 1578 FF

Etymology

'East farm,' presumably in contrast to Old Weston on the other side of the hundred-centre at Leighton. Note the contrast of Esson here and Wesson in the forms for Old Weston infra 250.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site