Woolston New Cut
lake or loch · Warrington
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Woolston New Cut is a newly dug channel or waterway near a settlement called Woolston. 'Woolston' likely means a settlement associated with wool or a person named Wulf.
Word origins
- Woolston
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement associated with wool or Wulf(from wull "wool", tūn "settlement")
- New
- Old EnglishAttestednew(from nīwe "new")
- Cut
- Old Englishchannel, waterway(from cuttan "to cut")