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.

Edworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Edworth

Historical Forms

  • Edeuuorde 1086 DB
  • Eddewrþe, Eddewrth 1198 FF 1232,1247 FF
  • Eddewurþe 12th HarlCh83B39
  • Eddeworth 1202 Ass E1 BM 1276 Ass 1295 Cl 1297 1299 Ipm 1306 Ch 1307,1315 Ipm 1333 ADiii 1346,1428 FA
  • Edewrth 1202 Ass
  • Eddewurth 1227 Ass 1242 Fees882
  • Edeworthe 1276 Ass 1324 Ipm 1325 Cl
  • Edisworth 1276 Ass
  • Edesworth 1284 FA
  • Edeneworth 1315 Ipm
  • Edworth 1355 Cl

Etymology

'Edda's enclosure' v. worð . This is a pet-form for an OE  name in Ēad -, as illustrated in the passage quoted by Redin (65) from Simeon of Durham, where we have 'Edwine , qui et Eda dictus est.'

Places in the same Parish

None