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 Cassington

Historical Forms

  • Vvrtone 1086 DB
  • Wrtona a.1123 Eynsh 1222 Eynsh
  • Wurtton' 1194 P
  • Wurton 1237 Fees c.1300
  • Worthona 1199,1259 Os
  • Worton' 1242–3 Fees
  • Wourton' 1297 CornAcc

Etymology

'Herb or vegetable enclosure,' v. wyrt , tūn , and cf. PN Mx 28, PN W 248, PN NRY 265.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement