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.

Waverton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Waverton

Historical Forms

  • Wauerton 1183 P
  • magna 1278 Ass
  • Wauertoun 1332 SR
  • Wavreton 1300 CWv
  • Wibertun' 1210 Cur
  • Warton 1452 Fine 1576 S 1656 CantWvii
  • Waverton al. Warton 1590 FF

Etymology

'tūn by the R. Waver' (supra 30). In 1349Ass it is said that there are “duo ville q. v. Wauerton ' videlicet magna Wauereton ' et parua Wauerton '.” Little Waverton is now Lessonhall infra .