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.

Wolstonbury Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pyecombe

Historical Forms

  • Wolsonbury hill 1740 O

Etymology

Wolstonbury Hill is Wolsonbury hill in 1740 (O). The burh is an ancient camp here and was probably named from some long-forgotten Wulfstan who once owned the site.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement