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.

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 .

Places in the same Parish