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.

Wargery

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Etymology

v. worþig . The first element may be the OE  weard , 'watchman, guard, protector,' perhaps here used as a pers. name. Cf. the common surname Ward .