Alconbury Weston
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name combines 'Alconbury', meaning 'Aelfwine's settlement', with 'West tun', indicating a western settlement or farmstead.
Word origins
- Alconbury
- Old EnglishAttestedAelfwine's settlement(from Ælfwine "elf-friend", tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
- Weston
- Old Englishwestern settlement(from west "west", tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")