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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weston

Historical Forms

  • Westone 1086 DB
  • Weston(a) 1130 P
  • Nordweston 1184 ib
  • Northweston, Suthweston 1312 Ass
  • Weston in the Clay 1367 FF 1525 Wills 1786 Bacon

Etymology

'West farm,' v. tun . West probably in relation to Normanton.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site