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.

Hopworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pyworthy

Historical Forms

  • Hoppeworthe 1318 Exon
  • Hoppeworthi 1333 SR
  • Hopworthy 1464 IpmR

Etymology

This may be either 'grasshopper farm' or 'Hoppa 's farm,' v. supra 162; cf. Hopcott (So), Hoppecot 1387 FF.