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.

Weston Favell

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weston Favell

Historical Forms

  • Weston(e) 1086 DB
  • Weston juxta Parva Billyngg' 1317 Ass
  • Weston near Northampton 1319 Cl
  • Weston Fauvel 1376 Cl
  • Weston Fawell 1395 Cl
  • Wesson Favell 1614 FF

Etymology

'West farm,' v. tun . West with reference to Little Billing to the east. Hugo Fauvell held the manor in 1235 (Fees).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site