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.

Wonworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Graffham

Historical Forms

  • Wunewerthe 1271 Ipm
  • Wonneworth 1327 SR (p), Ipm
  • Woneworth 1397,1408 IpmR
  • Wonworth 1454 IpmR 1620 Ipm 1758 VCH
  • Wanneworth 1328 Cl
  • Wynworth 1348 FF
  • Wyneworth 1379 FF
  • Onworth al. Wonworth al. Graffam 1739 FF

Etymology

'Wynna's enclosure,' v. worð .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement