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.

Wilson

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Worlington

Historical Forms

  • Weveston 1238 FF
  • Wened(e)ston (sic) 1285,1303 FA
  • Wufedeston 1333 SR

Etymology

This must be a compound of OE  wēofod , 'altar,' and stan, 'stone,' and refer to some lost sacrificial stone of pre-Saxon date.