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.

Tadworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Northam

Historical Forms

  • Tadyworthi 1330 SR
  • Tateworth 1333 SR
  • Tatworthy oth. Tadworthy 1757 Recov

Etymology

Probably 'Tada 's or Tāta 's worþig.'