Woolstone
Major Settlement in the Parish of Woolstone
Historical Forms
- Olsendone 1086 DB
- Wlsintona 1224 Bracton
- Wulsiston(e) 13 Misc Hy3 Monast 1248 Ass
- Wulsestune 1232 Theok
- Wulston' 1248 Ass
- Wolston(e) 1287 Ass 1291 Tax 1306 FF 1662 PR
- Wolston als. Wolson 1579 FF
Etymology
'Wulfsige's farmstead', v. tūn ; the pers.n. is OE Wulfsige . The first forms seem to have -ing 4 .