Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wadeword(e), Wadeu(u)rde 1086 DB 1165 P 1208 FF

• Wadewurda 1192 P

• Wadewrth 1199 Ch 1232 Cur 1200 1201 ib

• Wadeworth 1218 FF 1279–81 QW

• Wadewurth 1286 Ass6d 1248 FF 1291 Tax

• Wadeword 1360 YDii

• Waðewurðe, Wathewurthe 1166 P

• Waddewirtha 1183–1200 YCh817

• Waddeuurdia 1190–1210 YCh1011

• Waddewurth', Waddewrth(e), Waddeworth(e) 1200 e.13 YChviii 13 1316 Abbr 1201 Ass 1202–8 BM Hy3 Ebor 1230 Bodl34 1230–40 ADv 1456

• Waddew(o)rde, Waddeuord 1252,1277,1279 YI

• Wadword e.13 RegAlbii,646 c.1295 Ext

• Wadwurth, Wadworth 1257 Ch 1316 Pat 1379 PT 1401 Pat 1428 FA 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Wad(d)a's enclosure', from the well-evidenced OE  pers.n. Wad (d )a , and worð. Cf. also Waddington pt. vi infra . Wadsworth iii, 199infra contains the strong form of the name. The few spellings with Wathe - are perhaps due to Scandinavian influence (cf. Phonol. § 40).