Pyworthy
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pyworthy
Historical Forms
- Paorda 1086 DB
- Peworthy 1239 Ch
- Pewrthe 1261–8 Exon
- Pewrthi 1287 Cl
- Peywrth 1249 Ass
- Pyworthe 1291 Tax
- Pyworthy 1310 Ipm
- Pyworthi 1341 Ipm
- Piworthi 1330 SR, Exon
- Pyheworthi 1309 Exon
- Pieworthy 1434 Exon
- Puworthi 1401 Pat
- Pyworthy al. Pury 1547 LP
- Pyworthy oth. Puworthy oth. Pury 1786 Recov
Etymology
Blomé (153) takes the first element to be OE pīe , 'insect.'Professor Ekwall would take it to be the same word used as a nickname. He notes the neighbouring Hopworthy as containing OE hoppa , 'grasshopper,' which might similarly be used as a nickname. Cf. OGer Huppo (Förstemann PN 936).