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.

Leworthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Clawton

Historical Forms

Loveworth' 1242 Fees775 1341 Ipm

Loveworthy 1345 Ass

Leuwurth 1249 Ass

Etymology

is Loveworth '1242 Fees 775, 1341 Ipm, Loveworthy 1345Ass , Leuwurth 1249Ass . ' Lēofa 's farm , ' v. worþig .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Clawton