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.

Trowlesworthy Warren

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shaugh

Historical Forms

  • Travaylesworth 1244,1281 Ass
  • Travailesworth 1291 Dartmoor 1408
  • Trailesworthi 1334 Ass

Etymology

The first element here is almost certainly a pers. name of ME origin. Cf. Travell in Weekley, Surnames 222.