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.

Warlingham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Warlingham

Historical Forms

  • Warlyngham 1144 Dugdv,96
  • Warlingham 1198,1241 FF 1201 Cur 1241,1272 Ass c.1242 Merton
  • Warlinggeham c.1200 SACix
  • Warlingeham 1214 FF 1225,1241,1259 Ass c.1270 Winton
  • Werlingham 1263 Ass 1272 Cl 1354 FF
  • Worlingham 1291 Tax 1318 Pat

Etymology

This may be a reduced form of such an OE  name as Wǣr - lāfingaham , 'hamof the people of Wǣrlāf .' More probably it contains the personal name Wǣrla , a diminutive hypocoristic form of an OE  Wǣr - name.

Places in the same Parish