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.

Wiverton Hall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wiverton Hall

Historical Forms

  • Wivretun(e), Wiuretone 1086 DB
  • Wiuerton(a) c.1160 Dane
  • Wiverton c.1180 Wollaton 1190 P
  • Wivertun 1235 Fees
  • Wyvirtona 1293 ib
  • Werton 1387 Dugdv 1537 Wills 1548 Pat
  • Weverton al. Werton 1541 NtIpm
  • Weverton 1543 FF
  • Warton Haulle c.1540 L
  • Wyverton al. Werton 1583 FF
  • Wiverton al. Wherton 1722 Recov

Etymology

'Wigfrið 's farm,' v. tun . Wīgfrið appears in the form Wiferð in Late OE.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site