From "A Dictionary of English Surnames", Revised Edition, Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press, 1997:Weston: (i) Godwinus de Westuna 1086 Domesday Book (Huntingdonshire); Adestan de Westuna 1086 Inquisitio Eliensis (Cambridgeshire). From one of the numerous Westons. (ii) Adam de la Weston 1275 Subsidy Rolls Worcestershire; William Weston 1296 Subsidy Rolls Sussex; Alan ate Weston 1327 Subsidy Rolls Sussex. 'Dweller at the west farm.' (iii) Robert Biweston 1200 Pipe Rolls (Essex). Old English (be) westan tune (one who lived) 'to the west of the village'. v. WESTINGTON