Etymology

Wolston

W4O1L1S1T1O1N1

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4175). Full definition →

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The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.