Durston (surname)
# Durston (surname)

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. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon: deór-tún, a combination of "deer" (deór) and "fenced enclosure" (tún). The most likely interpretation is "deer park".

## 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
