Ward Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Plumbland
Historical Forms
- sub Wartheholis, Warthehol' c.1210 StB
- Warthehole 1295 Rental 1304 Cl
- Warthole c.1210 HolmC 1777 NB
- Warthol 1256 FF
- Wartholl 1307 Misc 1318 Ipm 1529–32 ECP
- Warthol' 1314 Ipm
- Warthole Hall 1816 Lysons
- Warthichole c.1265 StB
- Warho, Warhole 1278 Ass
- Worthol 1279 Ass
- Warihole 1279 Ass
- Wartehol 1279 Ass
- Warthhole 1292 Ass 1307 Pat
- Wardehole 1292 Ass
- Wardhole 1292 Ass
- Worthill 1573 FF
- Wardall 1576 S
- Wardhall 1671 Fleming
- Wardale or Warthole 1687 DentonL
- Wardhold, corruptly Wardale or Warthole 1777 NB
- Warthel-Hall 1793 H
- Wordthole 1580 Border
Etymology
An unusual Scandinavian compound, consisting of ON varði ,
'beacon,' and the rare ON hóll, 'hill,' found also in Staffield supra 249.
Cf. Wartholl , a lost field-name in Brackenthwaite infra 354.