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