Wringworthy
Early-attested site in the Parish of Marytavy
Historical Forms
- Weringuerda, Weringheorda 1086 DB
- Wringeworthy 1238 FF
- Wringeworthe, Wryngeworthe 1488 Rental
Etymology
v. worþig . Wring occurs in So as a stream-name (RN 474) and here it may be the earlier name of the small tributary of the Tavy now called 'the Burne.' But since Devon names in -worthy are seldom compounded with a descriptive element, it is perhaps more likely that *Wringa was a pers. name, probably related to the verb wringan , 'to wring, twist, squeeze' (cf. RN loc cit .).Curiously enough, there are four Wringworthys in Cornwall.This on the whole favours a significant first element, but it is difficult to suggest its source or to determine its sense.