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.

Worth Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Washfield

Historical Forms

  • Wrda 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Worde
  • La Worth(e) 1242 Fees762 1281 Ass
  • la Werthe, atte Werthe 1311 Ass 1333 SR

Etymology

v. worþ .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement