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Around 950AD the saxon King Eadred gave an
area of land to Wulfric, being known as Wulfric's tun, (shown on later
maps as Wolftone) or what we now know as Woolstone. The church is the
oldest building in the village, dating from 1195. There are now 10 or so
remaining chalk cottages dating back as far as the 17th century. Of these
Waterfall Cottage, Cob Cottage and The White Horse Inn are amongst the
oldest having timber frames at least in part. At Waterfall Cottage the
date 1611 is said to be scratched into the south wall. The deeds of the
cottage at Woodruff Orchard in Lower Woolstone record that it was built in
the reign of “Good Queen Bess”.
The River Ock rises above the village at Woolstone Wells. This still
provides a source of water for many of the houses in the village. |