Historical and architectural notes on the parish churches in and around Peterborough (1868)
Sweeting, Walter Debenham, 1839-, Ball, William. ill · London : Whittaker & Co. · leaf 178
happily been averted. Mr. Scott undertook the taskof preserving the front; and by a most careful process(detailed by Mr. Moore) the whole mass of the W. frontwas forced back into its original position. All defectivestones were removed, and good ones substituted. Partof the W. front of the S. aisle… … 129 MoiDtisteiL This name in Domesday is spelt Wodestun ; and atvarious times since it has appeared as Wodeston,WuDESTAN, and in other forms. The last syllable isdoubtless the toivn, not the stone, so common about here.It is the pure Anglo Saxon suffix signifying* an enclosure.Mr. Paleys conjecture…
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