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.P. H. Reaney, R. M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames, p. 146, Oxford University Press, 1995 . It is derived from the , a combination of "deer" () and "fenced enclosure" (). The most likely interpretation is "deer park".Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz. Retrieved 9 October 2014./
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
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