Wollescote - WOR ENG

Wollescote - WOR ENG

OS Grid Reference: 52°27'N 2°05'W

Name Origin: Old English Wlfrescote Wulfhere's cottage.

The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, ed J.H.F.Brabner, 1895:

Wollescote, a township in Old Swinford parish, Worcestershire, 1½ mile E of Stourbridge. Acreage, 448; population, 3458. It is included in the ecclesiastical parish of the Lye.

Associated Families: Lee Whitehouse


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