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.

Worden

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Fleming

Historical Forms

  • Werledon 1386 Pat

Etymology

is Werledon 1386 Pat . It is possible that this is for earlier hwyrfel-dun , ' circular hill ' ( cf. Hurlditch supra 185 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement