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.

Tudworth Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hatfield

Historical Forms

  • Tudeforde, Tudeuuorde 1086 DB
  • Tudworth 1465 Pat 1822 Langd
  • Tuddworthe-grove 1483 MinAcct
  • Todworth 1545 WillY

Etymology

'Tuda's enclosure', from the OE  pers.n. Tud (d )a and worð; DB -forde is certainly erratic.