Faldingworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Faldingworth
Historical Forms
- Fal(d)ingeurde 1086 DB
- Fal(d)ingeworth 1200 CurR 1305 RAii
- Faldingurde 1086 DB c1200–10 RAviii
- Faldinguorda c1115 LS
- Faldingwurth eHy2 Dugdvi 1242–3 Fees 1256 1261 Cl
- Faldingwortha c1155 Gilb 1411
- Faldingworda c1160 Dane
- Faldingword' 1163 RAi
- Faldingoard (sic) 1166 RBE
- Faldingwrth Hy2 RAiv c1220 DC 1236,1248,1271 FF 1242–3 Fees 1254 ValNor
- Faldingwrth' c1220 RAviii 1253,1255 RAii
- Faldingwrd(a) lHy2 Dane, HarlCh
- Faldingwrd c1200 RAiv c1240 RAx
- Faldingwrd' c1220 RAv
- Faldingworthe c1200 RAiv 1250 FF
- Faldingworth c1200 RAiv 1205 Cur 1206–14 RAix 1220 Welles 1220 Cant 1227 ClR 1228 Cl 1277 Pat 1288 LNQ 1290 Abbr 1291,1317 Ipm 1293 Orig 1316 FA 1390 Pat 1535 VE 1554,1555,1562 Pat 1558–79 ChancP 1572 LER
- Faldingworth' c1200 RAiv 1248 RAii
- Faldingwrthe e13 RAviii 1245 FF 1253 RAii
- Faldingwrþe 1275–6 RH ?1280–90
- Fallinguerda 1146 RAi
- Faldigwrd c1155 Dane 1198–1200 RAv 1199 FF 1212 Fees
- Faldigword 1187 Dane l12 HarlCh
- Faldigwrth' 1244 RAviii
- Faldigworthe 1390 HPFees
- Faudigeorda c1160 Castleacre m13
- Fadigwrde 1199 P
- Faudingewrth' 1199 CurR 1203 Cur
- Faudingewurthe 1219 Ass, Cur
- Faudingworth' 1202 Ass 1294 Ass
- Faudingwurth' 1227 Cur
- Faudingwirthe 1275 ChronPetro
- Fandingewrth' 1202 FF
- Faldincwurh' 1212 Fees
- Faldingewurthe c1220–30 RAx
- Faldingeworth 1305 RAii
- Faudigwrd' 1232–4 RAix
- Faldyngworth 1281 QW 1282 Ipm 1291 Tax 1303 FA 1317 Fine 1321 RAii 1322 1325 Ipm 1327 SR 1331 1331 Pat 1332 SR 1341 NI 1346 FA 1348 Pat 1351 Orig 1353 Cl 1359 BPR 1361 1362 1369 Fine 1370 Pat 1373,1374 Peace 1378 Cl 1381 Ipm 1386 Misc 1395 Works 1506 Ipm 1549 Pat
- Faldyngworthe 1287 Ass
- Faldyngwrthe 1303 FA
- Faldynghwoth (sic) 1373 Peace
- Fauldyngworth 1509–10 LP
- Fardingworth 1526 Sub
- Fowldingworth 1551 Pat
- Foldingworth 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed 1797 LCN 1833
- Fauldingworth 1634 VisitN
Etymology
DLPN 43 takes the etymology of Faldingworth to be probably 'the enclosure of the Faldingas' (OE *Faldingaworð ), v. -ingas , worð , and goes on to take the base of the group-name *Faldingas to be an unrecorded OE pers.n. *Falda , the *Faldingas then being 'the family, the dependants of Falda'. Unfortunately, the pers.n. *Falda is not on record and there do not appear to be any Continental cognates. It may be better to return to Ekwall's explanation (DEPN 173a) of the name as 'WORþ for folding animals' or to follow a suggestion of CDEPN (223b) that we are concerned with OE *falding 'a folding place' < fald 'a fold for animals' + ing 2 , locative-dative sing. *faldinge + worð , the sense being 'the enclosure called or at the falding , the folding place'.