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Weston

/ˈwɛstən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6871).
  2. A settlement in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5080).
  3. A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).
  4. A village and former civil parish, now in Weston and Crewe Green parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7352).
  5. A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
  6. A hamlet in Buriton parish, near Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7221).
  7. Any of many places in England:
  8. A hamlet in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1688).

Etymology / origin

From Old English west (“west”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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