Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wirth 1161–1182 Dieul

• Wyrhte 1345 Eyre

• Worthe c.1200 Orm2 1484 ChRR

• Worth c.1233 Dow

• aula de Worth 1350 Eyre

• the Worth 1553 Dow

• Worth or the Hall of Worth 1619 ib

• Worth Hall 1693 ib

• Woorth infra Poynton 1551 ib

• Wourth(e) 1589,1621 ib

• W(o)roth 1467,1471 MinAcct

• Wrth c.1210 Dieul m13 Dav

• Wrtht c.1270 Adl

• Wrht l13 AddCh

• Wurth e13 Dieul 1297 Werb 1462

• in Poynton 1548 ib

• Werbe 1472 ib

• Wurh e13 Dieul

• Wurht e13 Facs c.1232 Fitt

Etymology

'The curtilage', v. worð , wyrð . Cf. Park Fm infra .