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.

Wratworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Orwell

Historical Forms

  • Wrat(t)(e)w(o)rth 1086 BrC 13th Hardwicke 1303,1393 EAvii 1499
  • Wrat(t)(e)w(o)rth water 1531 Hardwicke
  • Wretewurda 1086 ICC
  • Warateuuorde, Werateuuorde 1086 DB
  • Wrotteworth 1380 Cl
  • Wrotford Grene 1515 Ct

Etymology

'Enclosure where crosswort grows,' OE  wrætt and worð. Cf. Wratting infra 121. The manor was in Orwell, but extended into Wimpole.