Wolston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wolston
Historical Forms
- Uluestone, Ulvricetone 1086 DB
- Wlfricheston(e) 1086–94 France t.Hy1 Kenilworth
- Wlfriceston(e) 1194 Cur
- Wulfriceston(e) 1227 FF 1235 Fees
- Wolfricheston 1309 BM 1487 PCC
- Wluricheston(a) a.1170 Monast
- Wlvricheston(a) c.1180 France 1193 P
- Wulverecheston 1237 Pat
- Wolverechestone 1242 Cl
- Wlwrigestona t.Hy2 Pat 1478
- Wlfreston 1252 FF
- Wolfreston 1395 IpmR
- Wolfryston 1396 FF
- Wolfricheston al. Wolfreston 1398 Pat
- Wolfriche(s)ton al. Wolston 1486 Ipm 1547 Monast
- Wolrishton, Wulveston, Wulfston, Wulston 1535 VE
Etymology
'Wulfric 's farm,' tun. “And had its appellation originally from some antient possessor thereof in the Saxon time, Wulfricus being a name usuall in those days” (Dugdale 22).