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.

Padworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Padworth

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Peadanwurðe, (to) peadanwyrðe 956 BCS984 c.1240
  • Peteorde 1086 DB
  • Pedewrtha c.1160 OxonCh 13th ReadingC(2)
  • Pedwrth a.1162 Queen
  • Pedworth c.1180–1200 ib
  • Pedwrþe 13th ReadingC(2)
  • Powrd' 1212 Fees
  • Podewurth' 1241 Ass
  • Padeworth' 1220 Fees 1395 Queen
  • Padwrth 1284 Ass
  • Padworth 1761 Rocque
  • Patheworth 1349 Cl

Etymology

'Peada's worð'.