Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• to wyrðe, fram wyrðe 971 PetLN 12

• pratum vocatur … Wirth 1190 Dugdvi 1301

• Worthynges 1549 Yarb

• Worthings m16 Cragg

• Worthinges 1552 Pat

• Worthyng Eliz ChancP

• Worth ings 1648 MiscDon

• Worth Ings 1713 BarrowTB 1785 Map 1803 EnclA 1822 Terrier

• Worthecott 1552 Pat

• Worthecotegarth 1549 Yarb

• worth cotis garthe m16 Cragg

• Worthcotegarth 1550 Pat

Etymology

WORTH (lost), to wyrðe , fram wyrðe 971 (12) PetLN , pratum vocatur … Wirth 1190 (1301) Dugd vi, and derived from it, Worthynges 1549Yarb , Worthings m16Cragg , Worthinges 1552 Pat, Worthyng Eliz ChancP, Worth ings 1648MiscDon 251 , Worth Ings 1713 BarrowTB, 1785Map , 1803EnclA , 1822Terrier (v. eng 'a meadow, pasture') and Worthecott 1552 Pat, Worthecotegarth 1549Yarb , worth cotis garthe m16Cragg , Worthcotegarth 1550 Pat (v. cot 'a cottage, a shed', with garðr 'an enclosure'). This name is also found in the Barrow AS charter and means 'the enclosure', v. worð , wyrð . It is map reference TA 097242, as Mr Paul Everson informs me.