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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woolmergreen Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stisted

Historical Forms

  • Wuluttheheye 1254 Ass
  • Woluet(he)hey 1327 SR
  • Wolthey 1396 ib
  • Walleyghe, Walleye 1400–2 ib
  • Wolvey Lande 1547 Pat
  • Woollenley Green 1777 C 1805 O
  • Great and Little Woolney c.1840 TA

Etymology

Woolmergreen Fm (6″) is Wuluttheheye 1254Ass (p), Woluet (he )hey 1327SR (p), 1369–97, Wolfethsheygardyn 1371, Wolueuhey 1372, Wulueye 1391, Woluenhey , Wolenhey , Wulenhey 1394–7Ct (all p), Wolthey 1396 ib. (p), Walleyghe , Walleye 1400–2 ib., Wolvey Lande 1547 Pat, Woollenley Green 1777 C, 1805 O, Great and Little Woolney c. 1840 TA. 'Enclosure of a woman named Wulfgȳð ,' v. (ge)hæg.

Places in the same Parish