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.

Cortworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wath upon Dearne

Historical Forms

  • Corteworth 1465 YDxvi,100 1486 ib
  • Cortworth 1515 FF 1607 et freq
  • Kortwode 1638 WillY
  • Cortwood 1661 PRWath

Etymology

Cortworth, Corteworth 1465 YD xvi, 100, 1486 ib xii, 236, Cortworth 1515 FFet freq to 1607 ib, Kortwode 1638 WillY, Cortwood 1661 PRWath. 'Corta's enclosure', v. worð , and on the OE  pers.n. Corta cf. Corburn Lane YN 14.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name