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.

Wolverton, Upper and Lower

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoulton

Historical Forms

  • Wulfrincgtun 977 KCD612 11th
  • Wulfrin(g)tun 984 KCD645 11th
  • Ulfrintun 1086 DB
  • Wlfrintona c.1086 EveA&B 1190 FF 1221
  • Wulũton 1175 P
  • Wolfrintona, Wolfrynton 1208 Fees36 1316 Ipm 1346,1428 FA
  • Wulurinton 1221 Ass
  • Wolferton 1275 SR 1332 Ipm
  • Ouer and Nether Wolfreton 1318 FF
  • Wollerton 16th VCHiii.534

Etymology

'Wulfhere 's farm,' v . ingtun.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement