Elworth, East Elworth & West Elworth
Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbotsbury
Historical Forms
- Aleurde 1086 DB
- Ellewrd(e) 1210 P 1212 Fees
- Elleworþe 1221 Ilch
- Elleworth(e) 1269 1280 Ipm 1305 1412 FA
- Ellewurth 1285 FA 1332 Midd 1467,1478 Ilch
- Elworthe 1361 Cl 1535 VE
- Ellworth 1631 Ilch
- Elleworth(e) Payn 1346,1428,1431 FA
- Estelleworth 1345 Pat
- Estelleworth iuxta Abbotesbury 1417 Ilch
- Est Elleworth juxta Portesham 1371 FF 1412 FA
- West Elleworth' 1420 Ilch
- West Ellewurth' 1478 ib
- Est Elworth', West Elworth' 1495 ib
- Ellesworthe juxta Abbottesbury 1398 IpmR
- Aylewourth 1557 Fry
Etymology
'Enclosed settlement of a man called Ella', from the OE pers.n. Ella and worð, with ēast , west . It is thus identical with Elworth PN Ch 2266.The affix Payn is manorial; Robert filius Pagani was here in 1212 Fees, Robert Fitzpain held (East) Elworth in 1281 Hutch3 2726. For the Fitz Payn family, cf. Okeford Fitzpaine par. 3 180 and Wootton Fitzpaine par. infra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Elwibber
- Wyke Wood
- Crook Furze
- Seawell Knap
- Chesters Coppice & Chesters Hill
- Cockwell Coppice
- Knolls
- Linton Barn & Linton Hill
- Oddens Wood
- Rodden Fm & Rodden Ho
- St Peter's Abbey (remains)
Other OS name
- Bishop's Kiln
- Clouds Hill Ctgs
- Cuckoo Coppice
- Decoy Pond
- Denzil's Place
- Dovecot
- East Fm
- Elworth Withy Bed
- Ferny Hole Plant.
- Fish Pond
- Foul Moor Lane
- Rodden Barn Dairy, Rodden Lane, Rodden Hive (Point), Rodden Ridge
- St Nicholas's Church
- Saw Pit
- Seaway Lane
- Seventeen Acre Point
- Shipmoor Point
- South Sleight Coppice & South Sleight Knap
- Socketty Hock
- Stavordale Wood
- Tiny Coppice
- Town Lane & Town Fm
- Walls Down
- Warre Wood
- Wears Fm, Wears Hill & Wears Plants
- Bexington Coppice, East Bexington Dairy Ho
- Cleverlawns
- Coward's Lake & Coward's Lane
- Fuller's Way
- Furlong's Homestead
- Gorwell Gate
- Hands Lane
- Higher Barn
- Hodder's Coppice
- Holywell (spring)
- Jubilee Coppice
- Lady's Well
- Lawrence's Ctg
- Merry Hill (Barn)
- Mill Dam & Mill Pond
- Morkhams Lake
- New Barn
- Nunnery Grove
- Oxlip Coppice
- (Long) Parks Withy Bed
- Peasons Plantations
- Quarry
- Reeds End
- St Catherine's Chapel
- West Fm
- West Fleet
- White Hall (Plant.)
- Abbey Fm
- Abbotsbury Castle
- Abbotsbury Castle
- Abbotsbury Mill
- Abbotsbury Plains
- Abbotsbury Swannery
- Ansty's Withy Bed
- Berry Coppice & Berry Knap
- Boat Ho
- Bridge Lane
- Broad Garden
- Bum Point
- Castle Fm & Castle Gdns
- Chapel Coppice, Chapel Hill & Chapel Withy Beds
- Cheese Lane
- Chesil Bank, Chesil Beach
- Clayhanger
- Countess Coppice
- Frog Lane
- Rope Walk
- West End