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.

Wollaston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Old Swinford

Historical Forms

  • Wullaston 1241 FF
  • Wollaueston 1275 Ass
  • Wolaston 1305 Wigorn 1365 LyttCh 1591 Wills
  • Wolarston 1327 SR
  • Woolweston 1708 FF

Etymology

'Wulflāf 's farm,' v . tun, cf. Woollashill supra 196.