Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Oldington(e) 1268 CoramR 1371 FF

• Oldyngton 1364 Misc

• O(u)lton 1413 Deed 1615 QSREnr

• nether Oulton als Ouldington & ouer Oulton als Ouldington 1668 Ct

• Upper Oldington & lower Oldington 1305 Deed

• Netherolton 1608 QSR

• nether O(u)lton & lower O(u)lton 1668 Ct

• Over Wolton als Over Olton, Nether Wolton als Nether Olton 1572 FF 1612 QSREnr

• Upper Oulton & Lower Oulton 1833 O

Etymology

'The old farmstead', v. ald , tūn . Oulton in Stone op. cit. has similarly early analogical forms with -ing-, v. EPN 1, 282. Many forms in Oulton are contextually too vague to assign to either place.