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.

Gulworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Goleworthe, Coleworthie 1414 Deed
  • Goleworthi 1431 Pat
  • Guleworthie, Gulleworthie 1488 Rental
  • Golyworthy 1542 DeedsEnrolled
  • Gulworthy al. Gullaford 1598 Deed

Etymology

v. worþig .A Roger Golle was taxed under Tavistock in 1333 (SR ) and the place must have taken its name from him or from his family. For a similar example of a probable late compound of worþig , v. Hexworthy supra 194.