In 1870–1872, John Wilson, who was a writer for the ""Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales:" "describes the area as", "a parish, with a scattered village, in the district of Thrapston and county of Huntingdon; 8 miles N of Kimbolton r. station. It has a post-office under St. Neots. Acres, 2,012. Real property, £2,364. Pop., 426. Houses, 93. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Brington. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school." "According to the 2011 UK population census, the parish of Old Weston had a population of 250 people."