Bunston Family History
Bunston Name Meaning
from Bunson in Chulmleigh (Devon) which is recorded as Bonevilestone in the 13th century Boneston in 1378 and Bonston in 150 The place-name is a post-Conquest creation from the Norman surname Bonville (which has not survived) in the genitive case with -es + Middle English toun ‘farm village’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016