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.

Worthen

Other OS name in the Parish of Pyworthy

Historical Forms

  • la Worthen 1330 SR
  • la Worthyn 1333 SR

Etymology

is la Worthen 1330SR (p), la Worthyn 1333SR (p) , v. worþign .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement