Foston
hamlet · Leicestershire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Foston likely means 'a farmstead or village by a ditch or channel'. It combines an Old English term for a ditch with the word 'tun' for a farmstead or village.
Word origins
- Fos
- Old Englishditch, channel(from fōs "ditch")
- ton
- Old Englishfarmstead, village(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
Historical forms
Foston