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.

Old

Major Settlement in the Parish of Old

Historical Forms

  • Walda, Walde 1086 DB 1166 P 12th Survey 1220 Fees 1249 Seld13
  • Waud(e) 1205 Cur 1216 ClR 1235 Fees 1244 Cl 1251 Ch
  • Wauld 1255 Seld13
  • Wolde 1316 FA 1439 ADv
  • Welde 1366 Cl
  • Olde 1535 VE
  • Olde al. Woold 1555 ADvi
  • Owlde 1567 FF
  • Wold al. Old 1597 Recov
  • Old or Wold 1826 G
  • Thold 1544 FF 1679 Recov

Etymology

'Wold,' v. weald . Thold is a contraction of 'The Old.'

Places in the same Parish

None