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

  • Weston(e), Westun(a) 1086 DB 1186 YChvi c.1190 Sawl148 Ric1 Ch 1271 Puds Hy3 Ch 1252 RH 1276 PRWst 1689
  • Weston nere Otteley 1549 Testvi
  • Weston Vauasour 1577 Holinshed

Etymology

'West farmstead', v. west , tūn ; it lies west of Otley. The Vavasours held land here (1285 KI, etc.).