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Wolverhampton , city (1991 pop. 263,501) and metropolitan district, W central England, in the Black Country . Wolverhampton is highly industrialized; products include automobiles, hardware, rayon, tires, and chemicals. St. Peter's Church in the city dates mostly from the 13th and 15th cent. Its grammar school was established in 1512. Teacher-training institutions and a technical school are also there.

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Wolverhampton, England/UK Heantune, Wolvrenehamptonia ‘Wulfrūn's High Farm’, Wulfrūn being the lady to whom the manor was given in the 10th century, from an Old English personal name, hēah ‘high’ (the dative being hēan) and tūn.

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Wolverhampton Wolverh. Heantune 985, Wolvrenehamptonia c.1080. Originally ‘high farmstead’, from OE hēah (dative hēan) + tūn, later with the addition of the OE pers. name Wulfrūn, the lady to whom the manor was given in 985.

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