together - the west, the middle, and the north tuns - their directions might relate to Worle, which was already a substantial estate by the time of the Domesday survey. Weston itself is not identified by name in Domesday, although Ashcombe is and the valued property in Weston is most likely to have been included with that for Ashcombe. Evidence of pre-Norman agriculture in Weston can be derived from modern locations such as Worthy Place and Blakehay (worth and hay being Saxon words relating to farming enclosures).

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