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.

Wandsworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wandsworth

Historical Forms

  • (to) wendles wurðe 693 BCS 11th
  • Wendleswurthe 1067 BM
  • Wendelesorde 1086 DB
  • Wendleswurda 1184,1194 P
  • Wendleswrth 1203 Cur
  • Wendleswurth 1235 FF
  • Wendelesworth 1241 Ass 1428 FA
  • Wandelesorde 1086 DB
  • Wandleswurde 1195 P 1328 Ipm
  • Wandesorde 1086 DB
  • Wandeswrðe 1197 FF
  • Wandesworth 1200 Cur
  • Wandysworth 1382 Ass
  • Wanlesworth 1203,1339 FF
  • Wannesworth 1393 FF 1471 Pat
  • Wansworth, Wandlesworth vulg. Wansworth 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Wændel 's farm,' v. worþ . Cf. Wensdon (PN BedsHu 114).For the river Wandle and its relation to Wandsworth v. supra 7.