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Weston

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Weston, a very common place-name, ‘west farmstead or village’, i.e. one to the west of another settlement, OE west + tūn; examples include: Weston Herts. Westone 1086 (DB). Weston Lincs. Westune 1086 (DB). Weston, Buckhorn Dorset. Westone 1086 (DB), Boukeresweston 1275. Manorial affix from some medieval owner called Bouker. Weston, Edith Rutland. Westona 1113, Weston Edith 1275. Affix probably from its possession by Queen Ēadgȳth, wife of Edward the Confessor, in 1086. Weston, Hail Cambs. Heilweston 1199. Affix is the original Celtic name (meaning ‘dirty stream’) of the River Kym. Weston Rhyn Shrops. Westone 1086 (DB), Weston Ryn 1302. Affix refers to nearby Rhyn, from Welsh rhyn ‘peak, hill’. Weston Subedge Glos. Westone 1086 (DB), Weston sub Egge 1255. Affix means ‘under the edge or escarpment’ (of the Cotswolds) from Latin sub and OE ecg. Weston super Mare N. Som. Weston c.1230, Weston super Mare 1349. The Latin affix means ‘on the sea’. Weston Turville Bucks. Westone 1086 (DB), Westone Turvile 1302. Manorial affix from the de Turvile family, here in the 12th cent. Weston under Penyard Herefs. Westune 1086 (DB). Affix from nearby Penyard (Hill), Peniard 1228, identical with Pennard Somerset.

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Weston-super-Mare

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Weston-super-Mare , city (1991 pop. 60,821), North Somerset, SW England, on the Bristol Channel. It is a seaside resort with attractions that include Worlebury Hill, with its Iron Age hill fort and beautiful view of the opposite coast of Wales; a long esplanade; and Brean Down, a bird sanctuary. The historic Grand Pier (opened 1904) was destroyed by fire in 2008. There are light industries with products that include shoes, aluminum window frames, and scientific instruments.

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Weston

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Weston ♂ Mainly U.S.: transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the very many places in England named in Old English as ‘the western enclosure’, from west ‘west’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Weston." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Weston‐super‐Mare

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Weston‐super‐Mare, England/UK ‘West Farmstead on the Sea’ from the Old English west and tūn, and the Latin affix.

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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Weston‐super‐Mare." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Weston‐super‐Mare." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-WestonsuperMare.html

JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Weston‐super‐Mare." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-WestonsuperMare.html

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