Worminghall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Worminghall
Historical Forms
- Wermelle 1086 DB
- Wurmehal' 1163 P
- Wurmehala Willelmi 1167 P
- Wurmaala 1167 Chancellor'sRoll
- Wurmehale c.1210 BodlO85
- Wirmenhale c.1218 WellsL
- Wrmenhale c.1220 WellsR
- Wirmehale 1229 WellsR
- Wrmehale 1237–40 Fees 1241 Ass 1302 FA
- Wurmehale 1241 Ass
- Wurmenhale 1246 Ass
- Wormehale 1247 Fees874 1284 FA 1296 Ipm
- Wyrmehale 1247 Gross
- Wyrmenhale 1247 Ass 1291 Tax
- Wirmehalle 1255 For
- Wermehale 1255 For 1292 BodlO110
- Wormenhale 1280 Ipm 1316 FA 1333,1341 Cl 1346 FA 1375 Pat 1376 Ipm 1382 Cl
- Worminghall c.1450 Linc c.1550 ib
- Wormynale 1503 Pat
- Wornall 1525 LP
- Wurnall 1535 VE
- Wormenhall(e) 1535 VE 1806 Lysons
Etymology
There must have been OE names Wurma , and, with mutation of the stem-vowel, Wyrma , though the only OE name on record with a Wurm - element is Wurmhere . We certainly have a patronymic form from Wyrma in Wormegay (Nf) for which Ekwall (PN-ing 172) quotes Wirmyngeye BM 1383 and in Warmington (Nth), Wyrmingtun BCS 1130. Hence 'Wyrma's healh.' In the modern form mn has been assimilated to n .