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.

Ludworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ludworth

Historical Forms

Lodeuorde 1086 DB

Loddeworth 1285 For

Ludewurda, Ludew(u)rthe 1185,1186 P 1226 FF Hy3 For

Luddeworthe 1330 Ass

Etymology

'Luda's enclosure', v. worð ; cf. Ludworth (PN NbDu 137).

Places in the same Parish