English Explanatory Dictionary

Weston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of many places in England:
  2. A village in Welford parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3973).
  3. A village and former civil parish, now in Weston and Crewe Green parish, Cheshire East district, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ7352).
  4. A settlement in Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5080).
  5. A hamlet in Branscombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SY1688).
  6. A village in Portland parish, Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6871).
  7. A hamlet in Buriton parish, near Petersfield, East Hampshire district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7221).
  8. A suburb of Southampton, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU4410).
  9. A hamlet in Pembridge parish, Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3656).
  10. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2630).
  11. A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF2924).
  12. A village in Weston and Weedon parish, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5846).

Pronunciation

/ˈwɛstən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Weston.wav

Word forms

Weston

Etymology

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

Derived words

Buckhorn Weston Edith Weston Weston and Crewe Green Weston and Weedon Weston by Welland Weston cell Weston Colville Weston County Weston Coyney Weston Green Weston Longville Weston Mill Weston-on-the-Green Weston-on-Trent Weston Rhyn Weston-sub-Edge Weston-super-Mare Weston-under-Lizard Weston under Penyard Weston-under-Redcastle Weston Underwood
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