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.

Longworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Longworth

Historical Forms

  • Wyrðe 811 BCS352 c.1200
  • Weorþe 955 c.1200 ib
  • (æt) Wurðe 958 c.1240 ib
  • Ordam, Ordia 1086 DB
  • Wurtha William Abingdon c.1240
  • Wrdh' (p), Wrth' 1224–5 Ass
  • Wrthe, Wrtha c.1240 Abingdon
  • Wurth' 1242–3 Fees
  • Worthe 1401–2 FA
  • Langewrth' 1284 Ass
  • Longwrth 1294 SR
  • Longeworthe 1298 Godstow c.1450
  • Langewrthe 1327 SR
  • Langworth 1458 BM
  • Worth als East Longworth 1753 ArchJ
  • Longworth als Worth 1754 ib

Etymology

v. worð , weorð , wyrð , to which 'long' has been prefixed. East for distinction from Littleworth 367. The same name occurs in La.BCS 352 and 906 are spurious charters (HistAb 23, 9), and 1047 is dubious.