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.

Worlington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Instow

Historical Forms

Ulwritona 1086 DB(Exon)

Uluretona

Wulwrinton 1249 Ass

Wolryngton 1281 Ass 1303 FA

Etymology

'Wulfhere 's farm,' v . ingtun.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Instow