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.

Worston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Yealmpton

Historical Forms

Wluretheston 1219 Ass

Wolryggeston 1281 Ass

Wolrichton 1310 Ipm

Wolricheston 1333 SR

Etymology

'Wulfric 's tun.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Yealmpton