Woolaston

Other current and historical names

Wollaston
Woollaston
Wollastone
Odelaveston

Built-Up Area: Woolaston
Parish/Community: Woolaston
District/Borough: Forest of Dean
County: Gloucestershire
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°42'0"N 2°35'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 359457, 200330
OS Grid: SO594003
Mapcode Local: GBR JQ.45PB
Mapcode Global: VH87H.3J4H

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Woolaston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Woolaston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Woollaston.-- (or Wollaston), par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Woolaston), Gloucestershire - par., 3300 ac. land, 232 tidal water, and 1314 foreshore, pop. 866; vil., on W. bank of river Severn, 5 miles NE. of Chepstow; has the Rowley Papermill.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Woolaston, ry. sta., Gloucestershire, in SW. of co., 5 miles NE. of Chepstow. See WOOLLASTON.

Woolaston in the Domesday Book

A village in Wyvern hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Brictric son of Algar
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Eu
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Eu
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers
- Plough Teams: 5 men's ploughs
- Mills: 1, value 3/2½
- Other resources: 1 fishery

British Place Names

Woolaston, Gloucestershire

Woolaston is a village in Gloucestershire

Woolaston in historic gazetteers

Woolaston in the Domesday Book