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.

Woolladon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Meeth

Historical Forms

  • Oladona 1086 DB
  • Wulledune 1242 Fees785
  • Wolledon 1378,1423 IpmR
  • Wolwedon 1484 IpmR

Etymology

Probably 'wolves' hill,' v. dun , though it is curious that the v should have been lost as early as DB.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement