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.

Waringstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Awliscombe

Historical Forms

  • Weringeston(e) 1227 Ch 1282 FF 1289 Ass 1290 Ch
  • Waringgeston 1238 Ass
  • Wyringeston 1270 Ass
  • Wetheringston 1249 Ass

Etymology

William Capra) in DB. Hence, 'Warin's or Waring's farm,' v. tun .

Places in the same Parish