Petworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Petworth
Historical Forms
- Peteorde 1086 DB
- Petehorda t.Steph France
- Peteswurda t.Steph France
- Petewrda c.1136–50 BM
- Peteswrthe 1166 RBE
- Petewurða 1168 P
- Pedewurda 1185,1190,1193 P
- Peitewurth 1204 ClR
- Petteworth 1228 Pat
- Puetewurth 1181 P
- Puettewurda 1182 P
- Putteworth al. Petworth 1399 IpmR
Etymology
In addition to these, 4 e -forms have been noted in the 12th cent., 5 u -forms and 14 e -forms in the 13th, 4 u -, 2 o – and 10 e -forms in the 14th, 1 u -form in the 15th cent.
'Pytta's enclosure,' v. worð , cf. Ritter 96. The name is not on record in Old English but belongs to the same series as Putta , Puttuc , Pyttel . We may have the same pers. name in Petwick (Berks) and Pitney (So).