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.

Woollaston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradley

Historical Forms

  • Ullauestone 1086 DB
  • Wolaveston 1199 Ass
  • Wollaveston 1206 Cur
  • Wullaveston 1200 P 1203 Cur
  • Wolaston' c.1199 StCart 1271,1300 For 1305to1370 Banco 1327,1332 SR 1372 Ipm 1332to1424 FF 1383 Ass 1421 BM
  • Wollaston 1334 Ass 1435 Cl 1616 FF
  • Wollaston als Olston als Owlston 1622 FF
  • Wollaston also Olaston 1574 FF
  • Oulaston 1280 Ipm
  • Wollaston 1755 Bowen 1834 O
  • Willaveston' 1201 ChancR

Etymology

'Wulflāf's farmstead', v. tūn .