English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Gawsworth

Parish in the County of Cheshire

Etymology

Gawsworth was a chapelry of Prestbury parish c.1265–89, and became independent in 1382, Orm2 iii 556. Mutlow (81infra ) in Marton township, was in Gawsworth ecclesiastical parish.

Major Settlements