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.

Worton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Werton 1086 DB
  • Wirton(a) 1152 Jerv 1307 Ch

Etymology

'Vegetable enclosure, garden' v. wyrt , tun .