Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• wood of Wolfstanwod 1283 Pat

• Wolstanwode a.1292 Plea 1331

• park atWlstanwod 1292 Cl

• Wulstonwode 1292 Ipm

• Wolstanewod 1294 ib

• Woolstanwod 1428 ChRR

• Woolston Wod(d)e, Woolston wo(o)d, Woolston wounde, Wolston 1393 ChRR

• Wolstanwood called Wostonwoode alias Oustonwoode 1597 Orm2

• Wolsta(u)neswode, Wolstoneswode 1294 Ipm

• Woluestoneswod 1507 MinAcct

• Westonwode alias Wolstonewode 1529 ChRR

• Owstenwood 1550 ChRR

• Owestenwoodde 1560 Chol

• Owstonwod 1566 ChRR

• Owsteonwood 1567 ib

• Oustonwoode 1597 Orm2

• Wostonwoode 1579 Chol 1597 Orm2

• Woostonwood 1657 AddCh

• (Woolston Wood alias) Oulston Wood 1629 Orm2

• Wlfstaneston 1286 AddCh 43971

• Wilstaneston 1290 Court (p)

Etymology

'Wulfstān's wood', from the OE  pers.n. Wulfstān and wudu. Cf. Wood Fm infra (messuage called Woolstanwood 1624 ChRR, Woolstan Wood 1831 Bry). The same pers.n. appears, with tūn , in Wlfstaneston 1286AddCh 43971, Wilstaneston 1290 Court (p), a lost place in or near Wistaston 45infra . The Ow (e )st -, Oust - spellings are due to the vocalization of -l - and w - with stress-shifting in the resultant diphthongs.