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.

Deneworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Membury

Historical Forms

  • Deneord 1086 DB
  • Deneworthi 1330 SR

Etymology

This may be 'valley farm,' v. denu , worþ(ig), but there are not enough forms to go on.