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.

Woolridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Dolton

Historical Forms

  • Wollerigge 1315 Exon

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wollerigge 1315 Exon (p) . Probably ' wolves'ridge , ' cf. Woolacombe supra 54 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement