Wembworthy
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wembworthy
Historical Forms
- Mameorda 1086 DB
- Wemeworth' 1207 Cur
- Wemmewrth' 1242 Fees783 1333 SR
- Wemmaworth(y) 1346 FA 1396 Exon
- Wenneworth(y) 1303 FA
- Weymeworthe 1309 Exon
- Wembworthy 1420 Exon
- Wemry 1629–51 Barum1,59
Etymology
The first element here is probably *Wemma , a pet-form of such an OE name as Wēnmǣr or Wēnmund which, though not on record, would be regular formations. (Cf. OGer Wenemar , Wanmund .) Blomé (66) suggests a river-name Wem , which Wallenberg (StudNP 2, 91) would connect with OE wamm , wemm , 'stain, uncleanness,' and suggests that Wem (Sa) is so called from its situation in marshland.