Woolland
Major Settlement in the Parish of Woolland
Historical Forms
- Wennland 833 ShaftR(S277) 14
- (æt) Wonlonde 843 ASCharters 843 BCS739
- Winlande 1086 DB
- Winlanda Exon
- Wineland 1212 P
- Wynlond(') 1288 Ass
- Wunlanda 1170,1171 P
- Wunland(e) 1231 FF
- Wuland' 1212 Fees
- Wullond(') e16 Prideaux 1535 VE 1540 Prideaux
- Wollond(e) 1268,1288 Ass 1317 MiltC 1384 Prideaux e16 MiltRoll 1385 DCM e15 1480
- Wolland(e) 1531 AD 1539 Prideaux 1575 Saxton
- Wllonde 1280 Winch
- Woulond(e) 1285 FA 1311 Pat e16 Prideaux
- Woullond 1535 VE
- Woodland (sic) 1664 HTax
Etymology
'Meadow land, i.e. cultivated land consisting largely of meadow', from winn1 , wynn and land , as suggested by Kökeritz 131. The Anglo-Saxon bounds of Woolland are given in S 277 (v. C. Hart in DoNHAS 86 158–9), and the bounds of Woolland are also described in 1385 (e15) MiltRoll (repeated in 1384 (e16) Prideaux ) when it was included in the manor of Milton Abbas.