Wolverton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolverton
Historical Forms
- Ulwarditone 1086 DB
- Wlwarditune 12th France
- Wlwardinton' 12th ADi
- Wul(le)wardintone 1221 Ass 1242 Fees
- Wolwardinthon 1247 SR
- Wlwardinton 1248 ADii
- Wolwardyn(g)ton 1273 Cl 1283 Wigorn 1291 Tax 1335 Ipm
- Wlfordin c.1125 Hatton
- Wlfwardinto c.1200 CartMisc
- Wollardinton 1316 FA
- Wolverdyngton 1336 FF 1632 WillsWo
- Wolverdington al. Wolverton 1545 LP
- Wolverton al. Wolverdington 1617 Recov
- Wolfhardington 1353 Ass
- Wuluardington 1576 S
- Wolfordington 1579 WillsWo
Etymology
'Farm of Wulfweard ,' v. ingtun . Near by must have been Wolwardinghul , Wuluardingulle 13th AD i. “The originall denomination thereof proceeded from some antient possessor that it had in the Saxons time” (Dugdale 506).