Woolston

Woolston
Recorded in many spelling forms including Wollaston, Wollerston, Woolaston, Woollaston, Woolston, and other spellings, is early medieval English. It is a locational surname, either from the village of Woolstone in Gloucestershire, or from Woolverstone in Suffolk, or possibly from another now "lost" medieval hamlet in Lincolnshire. The derivation of the former place, is from an Old English pre 7th Century personal name, "Wulfsige", with "tun", meaning an enclosure or settlement, and of the latter place, Woolverstone, from a different personal name "Wulfhere", with the second element "tun" as before. Both places are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, respectively, as "Olsendone", and "Ulverestuna" or "Hulferestuna". Among the early recordings taken from authentic church recordings of the period are those of Fulke Woollaston, who married Susana Townsend on October 11th 1669 at Blockley, Gloucestershire, and in Suffolk, the christening of Mary Woollaston on May 12th 1660, at All Saints, Sudbury. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Gilbert Wolstan, which was dated 1199, in the charters known as "The Pipe Rolls" for the county of Lincolnshire. This was during the reign of King John of England, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Woolston — is the name of a place in:The United Kingdom: * Woolston, Cheshire, near Warrington * Woolston, Hampshire, a suburb of SouthamptonIn New Zealand: * Woolston, New Zealand, a suburb of Christchurch …   Wikipedia

  • Woolston W.M.C. — Woolston W.M.C. (originally Woolston Working Men s Club) is a soccer club based in Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand.External links* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz05.html New Zealand 2004/05 Season Results] …   Wikipedia

  • Woolston — (spr. Wulst n), Thomas, geb. 1669 in Northampton, studirte bis 1720 in Cambridge Theologie, wurde aber aus Rache gegen die Geistlichkeit, welche ihn zu einem Amte nicht beförderlich war, ein Gegner des Christenthums u. Zweifler an der Wahrheit… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Woolston — (Ulst n), Thomas, gleich Toland, Collins, Shaftesbury u.a. einer der Freidenker, an denen England im 17. und 18. Jahrh. überreich war, geb. 1669 zu Northampton, wurde Mitglied des Sidneycollegs in Cambridge und Baccalaureus der Theologie. Er… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Woolston, Cheshire — Woolston is a large urban modern parish in the English town of Warrington, Cheshire. The area is officially in the Woolston and Rixton district, however this term is rarely used. The historic districts of Paddington and Martinscroft are in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Woolston Park — is a modern park that is situated in the civil parish of Woolston, Warrington in the English county of Cheshire.Woolston Park covers 56 acres (230,000 m²) and was officially opened in 1977. It was created from neglected farmland to provide a… …   Wikipedia

  • Woolston, Hampshire — Infobox UK place country = England map type = Southampton official name= Woolston latitude = 50.8931 longitude = 1.3765 unitary england= Southampton lieutenancy england=Hampshire post town= SOUTHAMPTON postcode area= SO dial code= 023… …   Wikipedia

  • Woolston, Southampton — This article is about Woolston, Southampton. For other places with the same name, see Woolston (disambiguation). Coordinates: 50°53′35″N 1°22′35″W / 50.8931°N 1.3765°W …   Wikipedia

  • Woolston, New Zealand — Infobox Settlement name = Woolston area total km2 = 2.9946 population as of = 2006 population total = 5733 population density km2 = auto Woolston is a light industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. It… …   Wikipedia

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