English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Walderton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoughton

Historical Forms

  • Walderton(e), Waldreton(e) 1167 P 1272 Ipm
  • Waldriton 1291 Tax
  • Waldryngton 1331 Ch
  • Walterton 1362 Cl
  • Waltertoune 1570 Wills

Etymology

'Wealdhere's farm,' v. tun . Here, as in Wolverton (PN Bk 27) and other p.n.'s, we seem to have alternative forms with tun added direct to the pers. name, with no sign of the gen. sg., and forms in ingtun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement