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.

Whelmstone Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colebrooke

Historical Forms

Wulmer(e)ston 1249 Ass

Wolmer(e)ston(e) 1285 FA 1374 Exon

Wolmeston juxta Colbrok 1358 FF

Etymology

'Wulfmǣr 's tun.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Colebrooke