Durston (surname) explained

Durston is an English toponymic surname. The name was first recorded in 1641 in A Somerset Petition of 1641. The name is taken from the village of Durston in Somerset.^[1] It is derived from the English, Old (ca.450-1100);: deór-tún|as=y, a combination of "deer" (English, Old (ca.450-1100);: deór) and "fenced enclosure" (English, Old (ca.450-1100);: tún). The most likely interpretation is "deer park".^[2]

People

• Adrian Durston (born 1975), Welsh rugby union player
• Albert Durston (1894–1959), RAF officer, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
• David E. Durston (1921–2010), American screenwriter and film director
• Jack Durston (1893–1965), English cricketer
• Wes Durston (born 1980), English cricketer

Fictional characters

• Colonel George Durston, pseudonym for various ghostwriters of Saalfield Publishing

Notes and References

1. P. H. Reaney, R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, p. 146, Oxford University Press, 1995 .
2. Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz. Retrieved 9 October 2014./