Wilbarston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wilbarston
Historical Forms
- Wilberteston(e) 1086 DB 1175,1192 P
- Wilbertestun 1155 P
- Wilberdeston(e) 1086 DB 1285 FA
- Wylberdeston, Wlbberdeston 1200 FF
- Wilberdestre 1235 Ch
- Wilberdestoch 1160 P
- Wilberdestoke 1196 P 1220 Fees
- Wilbertestoch' 1198 P
- Wilbernstok' c.1220 WellsR
- Wilebeldeston 1189 P
- Wylleberston 1285 Ass
- Wilberston 1301 Ipm
- Wybbarston 1602 FF
- Wilbaston 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
'Wilbeorht 's farm,' v. tun , with some confusion in the second element with stocc , perhaps owing to the neighbourhood of Stoke Albany.