Elsworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Elsworth
Historical Forms
- Eleswurth(e) 974 BCS1311 1334 AddCh 1249
- Elesworth 974 BCS1310 14th Pap 1363
- Elesworð 1060 KCD809 c.1350
- Elesuuorde 1086 DB
- Eleswrde 1198 FF 1233 ADi
- Eleswrth(e) 1327 Ipm
- Els(e)wyrth 1272 Ass
- Els(e)worth 1337 ib
- Elysw(o)rth 1286, 1290–4 Ct
- (be) Elleswyrðe gemæra 1012 Proc.Soc.Antiq.(N.S.)iii,49 12th
- Elleswurth(e) 1077 ChronRams 17th FF 1218 Val 1254
- Ellesworth(e) 1130–1253 Rams c.1350 1473 et freq
- Elleswurð(a) 1176 P 1245 ADi 1251 Ch
- Ellisworth(e), Ellysworth(e) 1261 Cl 1454 ADi
- Helesworde c.1150 StNeot
- Hel(l)esworth(e) 1200 Cur 1240 Rams 1298 Ass 15th CaiCh
- Elewurde 1198 FF
- Elleworth 1285 Ass
- Elliworth 1364 Pap
Etymology
'Elli 's enclosure,' v. worð .