As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PASTON. Parishes in cos. Northampton and Norfolk, and a township in Nortliumberland. The Pastons, originally of the place so called in Norfolk, are well known through the "Paston Letters," written in the XV. century, and containing most picturesque views of society at that period.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


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