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.

Awsworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Awsworth

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Ealdeswy(rðe) 1002 ASWills
  • Ealdeswyrðe 1004 KCD710
  • Eldesvorde, Eldevrde 1086 DB
  • Aldesworth(e) 1280 Ass 1304 Wollaton 1316 FA 1333 SR 1445 Pat
  • Aldiswurd 1242 Fees
  • Aldisword 1302 FA
  • Allesworth 1475,1541 FF 1535 VE
  • Alsworth 1639 FF
  • Alsworth al. Aldesworth al. Awsworth 1703 Recov

Etymology

'Eald 's farm,' v. worþ . Eald would be a short form of an OE  personal name in Eald -. Cf. Aldsworth (Gl), DBAldeswrde .

Places in the same Parish

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