Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Hextenesworth' 1317 Pat

• Hextenworth 1344 Dartmoor

• Hextworthy, Bysouthhexworthi 1379 Dartmoor

• Hextesworthy 1417 Ct

• Hexteworthy 1481 Ct

• Haxary 1809 M

Etymology

In 1417 there is mention of William Hexta of Hextesworthy and in 1481 of Robert Hexte of Hexteworthy . It is fairly certain therefore that the place took its name from an ancestor of these men, and since the element worðig was in living use at a comparatively late date the name may not go back much earlier than the first record of the place. The earliest form of the pers. name appears to be Hexten , the ME representative of OE  Hēahstān .