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.

Wolfridge Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Olveston

Historical Forms

  • to wulfhricge 955–9 BCS936 12th
  • Wolfrugge 1327 Ipm

Etymology

Wolfridge Wood, 1830 M, to wulfhricge 955–9 (12th) BCS 936, Wolfrugge 1327 Ipm. 'Ridge haunted by a wolf', v. wulf , hrycg .