Wolston
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English
Etymology
Mentioned as Ulvricetone in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from the Old English personal name Wulfrīc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
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
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wolston is the 346147th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 47 individuals.
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Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wolston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears