Woolstone (Great and Little)
Major Settlement in the Parish of Woolstone
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.
Places in the same Parish
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