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.

Muddiford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marwood

Historical Forms

  • Modeworthi 1303 DA
  • Modworthy 1400 DA
  • Mudworthy 1515–18 ECP5,191
  • Mudford or Mudworthie 1558 Deed

Etymology

Probably 'Mōda 's worþig.' For interchange of ford and worthy , v. supra 38.