Wolston

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4175).

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Meanings

proper nounWolston (countable and uncountable, plural Wolstons)

plural Wolstons

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

    R. W. Wolston, of Brixham, was instrumental in obtaining the Act for the railway, which was authorised on July 25, 1864, and held more than 98 per cent. of the shares.

    1950 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Brixham Branch, W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 216

Origin

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

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APA

Wolston. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolston

MLA

“Wolston.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolston. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wolston,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wolston.

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