The first inhabitants of Weston were the Celts, of whom a little archaeological evidence remains, who called a collection of houses a ‘toun’ so its name probably arose from that collection, being west of Bath The Celts were conquered by the Belgae, of whom little trace remains, and even when the Romans arrived they left nothing except their metalled section of Julian and Weston roads, along which stone from Landsdown may have travelled to build Bath.
After the Romans left in around 440, life presumably continued until disturbed by the Battle of Dyrham in 577 against the Saxons and subsequent battles against the Danes, none of which affected Weston much. In 953 St Alphege was born in Weston; he became Abbot of Bath and Archbishop of Canterbury and was killed by the Danes.
At the Norman Conquest, all land became William’s property and Weston was given to Arnulf de Hesding who was apparently a good landlord but was killed at Antioch whilst on a Crusade. The land was then transferred to Bath Abbey.
A church, All Hallows, was built on the site of All Saints. At this time the inhabitants
lived in wattle-
The land was cultivated on a biennial rotation – fallow one year, planted the next annd fenced.
A Short History of Weston