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.

Widworthy

Major Settlement in the Parish of Widworthy

Historical Forms

  • Wideworda 1086 DB
  • Wideworthe 13th ADi 1290 Ch
  • Wideworthy 1316 FA
  • Wyddeworth 1297 Pat
  • Wytheworthy 1408 Exon

Etymology

v. worðig . The first element may be OE  wīd , 'wide,' but since names in -worthy contain as a rule a pers. name as first element, it is perhaps more likely that this is the OE  pers. name Wīda (Redin).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site