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.

Adworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witheridge

Historical Forms

  • Odeordi 1086 DB
  • Oddeworth' 1242 Fees761
  • Oddeworthy 1539 Deed
  • Adworthie 1616 FF

Etymology

'Odda 's farm,' v. worþig . For o > a cf. Introd. xxxiv.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement