English Explanatory Dictionary

Wolston

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4175).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Wolston Wolstons

Etymology

Mentioned as Ulvricetone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfrīc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Related words

Woolston
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