Wolverton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolverton
Historical Forms
- Wlverintone 1086 DB
- Wulfrintone 1195 CurP
- Wolfrington 12th NthSurv. c.1218 WellsL
- Wulurinton 1227 Ass
- Wulverton 1227 Ass 1262 Ass
- Wulvreton 1227 Ass
- Woluerington 1227 FF
- Wlfrinton c.1220 Eyns
- Wlfreton 1237 Fees
- Wulrington 1240 Gross
- Wulfrington 1241 Ass 1276 RH
- Wolurington 1262 Ass
- Wulurington 1262 Ass
- Woluerton 1262 Ass
- Wolvrinton 1297 Pat
- Wolvertone 1302 FA
Etymology
'Wulfhere-farm,' the first element being a common pers. name. v. ingtun . Other names derived from Wulfhere are Woolverstone (Sf), Wolvershill (Wa) and Wolferlow (He). The Wolverton-forms as distinct from the Wolvrington - ones appear so early that we should perhaps be right in assuming that there were early alternative forms of the name —Wulfheretun and Wulfheringtun —rather than that the former are a reduction of the latter. A similar case is Alverton (Nt), DBAlvretun , 1190Alvrington .