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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Albury

Historical Forms

  • Weston 1241 Ass

Etymology

Weston is Weston 1241Ass (p)et freq . 'West farm,' v. tun .The old hamlet of Weston is now the present village of Albury, which formerly lay about a mile to the east, v. supra 220. The name is preserved in Weston Wood.