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.

Wrangworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradworthy

Historical Forms

  • Wrangaworth 1313 Ass
  • Wrange(s)worth 1320 Ass 1333 SR
  • Wrange(s)worthi 1360 Ass
  • Wranggeworthy 1492 Ipm

Etymology

Presumably this is from OE  wrang , 'crooked,' and worþ(ig), hence 'crooked enclosure.' Cf. Wrangaton infra 286.