Weston Geographical Locations

This information was submitted by Norman Weston normdian@gmail.com . If you have any questions, please contact him directly.

WESTON, like NORTON, SUTTON and EASTON denote where the original owners of the surname lived. Over the centuries though! there have been variations in the spellings. WESTON was often seen as WESSON and indeed you can still see it in some phone books.The "ton" or "tun" show that the places existed over 900 years ago and were Saxon settlements. However some experts like to point out that there is a place called WHETSTONE in Leicestershire, and it may have been something to do with a trade of sharpening weapons or agricultural tools.

Just how common is the surname Weston?
Find below occurrences of the place name mentioned in the Domesday book:-

Weston Place Names
CountyModern Name The name in 1086
Bedfordshire Westoning (Westone)
Buckinghamshire Weston Turville (Westone)
Buckinghamshire Weston Underwood (Westone)
Cambridgeshire Weston Colville (Westone)
Cheshire Weston (Westone)
Derbyshire Weston Underwood (Westune)
Derbyshire Weston upon Trent (Westune)
Devonshire Weston Peverel (Westone/Westona)
Gloucestershire Westonbirt (Westone)
Gloucestershire Weston Dovel (Westone)
Gloucestershire Weston Subedge (Westone)
Hampshire Weston Patrick (Westone)
Herefordshire Weston (Westune)
Herefordshire Weston Beggard (Westune)
Herefordshire Weston under Penyard  
Llangunllo Weston (Westune)
Hertfordshire Weston (Westone)
Huntingdonshire Hail Weston (Westone/Westune)
Huntingdonshire Old Weston (Westune)
Leicestershire Weston (Westone)
Lincolnshire Weston (Westune)
Norfolk Weston Longville (Westuna)
Northamptonshire Weston by Welland (Westone)
Northamptonshire Weston Favell (Westone)
Nottinghamshire Weston (Westone)
Oxfordshire Weston on the Green (Westone)
Shropshire Weston Coton (Westune)
Shropshire Weston Rhyn (Westone)
Shropshire Weston under Redcastle (Westune)
Somerset Weston (near Bath) (Westone/Westona)
Somerset Weston Bampfylde (Westone/Westona)
Somerset Weston in Gordano (Westone/Westona)
Staffordshire Weston Coyney (Westone)
Staffordshire Weston in Standon (Westone)
Staffordshire Weston under Lizard (Westone)
Staffordshire Weston-upon-Trent (Westone)
Suffolk Weston (Westuna)
Surrey Weston (Westone)
Warwickshire Weston in Arden (Westone)
Warwickshire Weston-on-Avon (Westone/Westune)
Warwickshire Weston under wetherly (Westone)
Yorkshire Weston (Westone)

Which place do you descend from???????

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