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It is one of the places in the county of Buckinghamshire that went into the development of the modern town of Milton Keynes in the 1960s.
The town name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'Wulfhere's estate'. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wluerintone.
Wolverton is also intersected by the Grand Union Canal and in the Nineteenth century became a tow of some importance for the national rail network as carriages and engines for trains were constructed here. The station in Wolverton was opened in 1845 by Queen Victoria.
Wolverton Works, divided from Wolverton by a wall that extended almost completely along the front of the town and which still bears visible traces of the paint that was used to camoflage it during the second world war, is the name of the yards and buildings used for the work on the trains and coaches and was a major employer in the area for many years. Along with the regular stock handled by the Works, the royal trains and coaches used by the Queen on various occaisions were housed here until they were moved on to new premises in the late 20th century.