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Survey of English Place-Names

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Woolstan's Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hillhampton

Historical Forms

  • Wolsiston, Wolsisdone, Wolstone 1275 1327,1332 SR

Etymology

All the examples of early forms of this name are from pers. names. As there is a Woolstone (Gl), not so very far away, which comes from OE  Wulfsiges -tūn , whose forms would agree with those of this family, it may well be that the name is manorial in origin.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement