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.

Woolston Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Staverton

Historical Forms

  • Holveston 1353 Ass
  • Wolveston, Olveston 1384 Rental
  • Wolston greene 1662 Recov

Etymology

Perhaps 'Wulf 's farm,' v. tun , but the early spellings without initial w point rather to the Scandinavian Úlfr .