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.

Yalworthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Moretonhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Yoldworthi 1333 SR
  • Yolworthie 1582 SR
  • Yalworthy or Yelworthy 1761 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Yoldworthi 1333SR (p), Yolworthie 1582SR , Yalworthy or Yelworthy 1761Recov . ' The old worþig . ' v. Addenda , Part i , lviii .