Heston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Heston
Historical Forms
- Heston(e) 1123–33 OxfordCh
- Hestune c.1130 ib
- Eston 1176 P
- Eston al. Heston 1443 FF
- Histon(e) 1392,1401,1592 SR 1409 Pat
- Heyston 1493–1500 ECP
- Heston al. Heyston 1577 FF
- Heeston 1542 LP 1544 FF
- Heason 1600 ParReg(WestDrayton)
- Hessen 1602 PCC
- Hesson 1635 ParReg(Brentford)
Etymology
'Farm in the brushwood (district),' cf. Hayes infra 39. It is about four miles distant from that place, v. tun .