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.

Woolaston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woolaston

Historical Forms

  • Odelaweston 1086 DB
  • Oueleston 1400 Pat
  • Wul(l)aveston(a) Hy2 Ch 1307
  • Wllaueston', Vllaueston' c.1170 Ch 1307 Ass 1221
  • Wol(l)aueston(e), Wol(l)aveston(e) 1253 Ch c.1275,1282 For
  • Wolauston 1295 MinAcct
  • Wulastone c.1270 For
  • Wolaston(e) 1279 Heref 1291 Tax 1535 VE
  • Wollaston 1583 FF
  • Woollaston 1793 PR

Etymology

'Wulflāf's farmstead', v. tūn . The pers.n. is OE  Wulflāf .