Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Ulsiestone, Wlsiestone 1086 DB

• Wulfsieton 1186 P

• Wolse(s)ton c.1218 WellsL

• Wulsistone c.1220 WellsR

• Parva Wolsistone 1231 WellsL 1235 Fees465 1274 Ipm

• Wulliston, Parva Wulsinton 1236 Gross

• Wlsintone 1237 Fees

• Wlfistone 1247 Ass

• Wls(e)ton 1251 Gross 1292 Ipm

• Wlsiston 1255 RH

• Wolfeston 1273 Ipm

• Wolston(e) 1284 FA 1333 Cl 1490 Ipm

• Wolstone Coudray 1302 FA

• Wollestone 1323 Cl

• Wulston 1526 LS 1535 VE

• Wooston 1585 Archd

Etymology

'Wulfsige's farm' v. tun . Similarly Woolstone (D). At one stage there seems to have been the possibility of the development of an alternative form as if from Wulfsigingtun , cf. Wolverton supra . Woolstone Coudray is another name for Little Woolstone. It was held by the Coudray family, temp. E i (FA i. 106). The name Wulfsige , very common before the Conquest, was still common in the 12th cent., usually in the form Wulsi . Wolseley (St), Woolsington (Nb), Wolsingham (Du) and Woolstone (D) are also derivatives of this name.