Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wolfhill 13 Brad

• Wolfhull 1281 Court

• molendinum de Wolfhull 1444 Sheaf

• Wolfhul c.1311 AddCh

• Wolfull 1595 Sheaf

• Vulfhull' 1280 P

• W(u)lfhul(l), Wlfull, Wlfull iuxta Aldelyme 1282,1288,1289 Court

• Vulfshull' 1280 P

• Wolfhall 1281 Court

• Wulfhal 1283 Cl

• Wolfall 1400 ChRR 1430 Chol

• Wofall 1577 ChRR

• Woolfall, Woolfall Pool & Woolfall Hall 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Wolf hill', from wulf and hyll , with pōl 1 , hall , and myln . Cf. Woolfall Fm infra . The development of the -(h )all form may be due to substitution of ON  hallr 'a slope, a hill' for hyll . The hall is in Buerton township.