Wolston
English edit
Etymology edit
Mentioned as Ulvricetone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfrīc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun edit
Wolston (countable and uncountable, plural Wolstons)
- A village and civil parish in Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4175).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- 1950 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Brixham Branch, W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 216:
- 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.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wolston is the 346147th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 47 individuals.
See also edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wolston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears