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Survey of English Place-Names

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Weston under Wetherley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Weston under Wetherley

Historical Forms

  • Westone 1086 DB
  • Weston(e) 1173 P
  • Weston(e) juxta Cobynton 1309 Ass
  • Weston(e) by Honingham 1336 Pat
  • Netherweston juxta Wapenbury 1297 Ass
  • Weston juxta Wethele(ye) 1327,1332 SR 1333 FF
  • Weston sub Wethele(y), Weston subtus Wethele(y) 1354 BPR 1372 FF 1656 Dugdale
  • Weston juxta Weathley 1604 FF 1622 Deed
  • Weston under Wetherly 1695 Morden
  • Weston subtus Wethley 1725 B
  • Weston under Wetherley oth. Weston under Waverley 1764 Recov

Etymology

'West farm,' v. tun . For Wetherley v. Waverley supra 185.

Places in the same Parish

None