Wroughton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wroughton
Historical Forms
- Ellendun 823 ASC c.890 ASC 823 ASC c.1000 Ethelwerd 823 BCS948 c.1100 c.1000 956 c.1150
- Eallandun 823 ASC c.1100
- Ællandun 823 ASC c.1100
- (in) Ellandune, id est in monte Ealle c.1120 FW
- Ellandun 823 ASC c.1150
- Elendune 1086 DB
- El(l)endon(e) a.1127 WintonCart 1205 Pap
- Elendune 1242 Fees
- Elindone 1291 Tax
- Elyndon 1324 WMxxxvi
- Elyngdon 1330 FF 1444 Pat 1535 VE
- Wertune, Wervetone 1086 DB
- Worfton 1196 Cur 1385 Pat
- Wourfton 1285 Ch
- Nether Werfton 1236 FF 1281,1289 Ass
- Werfton 1249 FF, Ass
- Overewerfton 1279 ib
- Werfeton 1399 Cl
- Warfton 1236 FF
- Netherwarfton 1289 Ass
- Warghton 1365 Cl
- Worefton 1242 Fees
- Nutherworefton 1275 FF
- Uvere Werefton 1242 Fees
- Wrfton(a) 1242 Fees 1300 Ch
- Nether Wrofton 1418 Pat
- Nethyr Wroghton 1428 FA
- Over Wroughton, Nether Wroughton 1466 IpmR
- Roahtun 1655 ParReg
- Elendone quod est Worftone c.1270 Winton
- Ellyngdon al. Wroughton 1554 FF 1555 Pat
- Elington al. Wroughton t.Eliz ChancP
- Wroughton al. Elingdon 1620 WMxxxvi
Etymology
The present name means 'farm on the river Worf ,' the old name for the Ray, v. tun and supra 9. The older alternative lost name is probably 'elder-tree down,' v. ellen , with early folk-etymologising in Florence of Worcester and elsewhere as if the name derived from a pers. name. Cf. to þæm ællen stybbe in the bounds of Ellendun (BCS 948).