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 Old English: deór-tún, a combination of "deer" (deór) and "fenced enclosure" (tún). The most likely interpretation is "deer park".[2]

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  1. ^ P. H. Reaney, R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, p. 146, Oxford University Press, 1995 ISBN 0-19-863146-4.
  2. ^ Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz. Retrieved 9 October 2014./