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.

Neston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Corsham

Historical Forms

  • Neston 1282,1288 Ass 1332 SR 1337 Pat 1373 Trop 1503 Ipm

Etymology

Neston is Neston 1282, 1288Ass , 1332SR (all p), 1337 Pat, 1373 Trop, 1503 Ipm. It stands on an isolated hill which may perhaps be here described as a næss , 'ness, headland.' v. tun and cf. Neeston (NCPNW 62).