Fitzworth Copse, Fitzworth Fm, Fitzworth Heath, Fitzworth Point
Early-attested site in the Parish of Corfe Castle
Historical Forms
- Fitoure 1545 Hutch3
- Vytower 1617 ib
- Fitzoure 1661 Hutch1
- Vitt-Ower 1774 ib
- Vittower 1795 Boswell
- Fitworth, Fytworth 1561 Hutch3
- Phitworth 1586 Hutch3
- Fitzworth 1571 Hutch3 1633 Hutch3
- Fitzworth Heath 1811 OS
- Fitzworth or Vitt-Ower 1861 Hutch3
Etymology
Fitzworth Copse, Fitzworth Fm (SY 990866), Fitzworth Heath, Fitzworth Point, Fitoure 1545 Hutch3, Vytower 1617 ib, Fitzoure 1661 Hutch1, Vitt -Ower 1774 ib, Vittower 1795 Boswell, Fitworth , Fytworth 1561 Hutch3, Phitworth 1586 Hutch3, Fitzworth 1571 Hutch3, 1633 Hutch3, Fitzworth Heath 1811 OS, Fitzworth or Vitt -Ower 1861 Hutch3. The second el. is OE ōra1 'bank, shore' as in Ower infra which lies 1 mile SE in a very similar position on a small cape on the S shore of Poole Harbour. The first el. is probably OE fitt 'fight, contest', so that the name would mean 'shore subject to dispute', cf. Fitmoor Gl 1215. There is perhaps some reflection of this in the fact that at least part of Fitzworth was parcel of the manor of Worth Mat. infra in 1561 and 1571 (Hutch3 1662, 692).This association may also explain the remarkable replacement of -ower by -worth as well as that of Fit - by Fitz -, for the Fitz Paynes held knight's fees in the manor of Worth Mat. from at least as early as 1212 until c. 1346 (not to mention the wife of Hugh Fitz Grip who had 3 virgates of land there in 1086 DB and the Fitz Alans who inherited the manor c. 1379) (Hutch3 1692).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Corfe Castle
- Rollington Fm
- Swyre Head
- (Lt) Woolgarston
- Wytch Fm
- Afflington Fm
- Ailwood
- Arfleet Mill
- Blashenwell Fm
- Brenscombe Fm
- Burberry Lane
- Bushey
- Challow Fm, Challow Hill
- Coombe Bottom
- St Edward the Martyr's Church
- Westwood Fm
- Encombe, Encombe Fm
- Fox Ground, Foxground Plant.
- Furzey Island
- Green Island, Green Island Lake
- Hollish
- Kingston
- Lynch Fm, Lynch Lodge, West Lynch
- New Mills, New Mills Heath
- Norden Fm
- Ower Fm, Ower
- Rempstone, Rempstone Hall
- Scoles Fm
- Felback
- St Edward's Bridge
- West Mills
Other OS name
- Chaffey's
- Five Acre Copse
- Lady Caroline's Clump
- Little Coppice
- Little Wd
- London Door Quarry
- Long Island
- Long Wd
- The Manse
- Meadus's Lane, Meadus's Plant.
- Midden
- Middle Plant.
- Milford Ctg(lost)
- Molly's Gdn
- Morton's Ho
- Mount Copse
- Nath Point
- Nelson Plant.
- New Rd
- Newton Bay
- Ower Bay, Ower Heath, Ower Lake
- Sharford Bridge
- Snag Fm
- South Deep
- Square Plant.
- Tabbit's Copse, Tabbit's Hill Fm, Tabbit's Hill Little Wd
- Thrasher's Ctg, Thrasher's Heath, Thrasher's Pit, Thrasher's Lane
- Tinker's Copse
- Town's End
- Verger's Md
- The Vineyard
- Warren
- West Hill
- Westhill Fm
- Westhill Wd
- Lower Westhill
- Willwood Ctgs, Willwood Limekiln, Willwood Plant., Lt Willwood Plant.
- Withy Bed
- Woolgarston Copse
- Wytch Fir Pound
- Wytch Heath, Wytch Moor
- Ailwood Copse
- Fish Pond
- Freshwater Steps
- Little Clump
- Nursery
- Scotland
- Wytch Passage
- Afflington Barn
- Ailwood Down
- Almshouses
- Ashey Copse
- Batrick's Plant.
- The Belt
- Big Wd
- Breaches Lane
- Brenscombe Heath, Brenscombe Hill, Little Brenscombe Wd, Brenscombe Wd
- Broadley Wd
- The Bungalow
- Burnbake, Burnbake Plant.
- Hr Bushey Fm, Lr Bushey Fm
- Bushey Lane, Bushey Wd
- Castle Inn
- Clay Washing Pits
- Cleavel Point
- Common Close Ctgs
- Corfe Common
- Countess Point
- Cow Leaze Copse
- Crabtree Copse
- Cross (remains)
- Cuckoo Pen
- East Hill
- Egmont Bight
- Egmont Point
- Eldon Seat
- Forest Lane
- (Old) Limekiln
- North Castle
- Ower Passage
- Parsonage Coppice
- Peppercorn Lane
- The Plantation
- Pound
- Quarry Wd
- Ramshorn Lake
- Randall's Plant.
- Rectory
- Rempstone Fm, Rempstone Heath, Rempstone Wd
- Rickett's Copse, Rickett's Fm
- The Rings
- Rollington Hill, Rollington Wd
- Round Clump
- Round Island
- Rowbarrow Lane(lost)
- St James's Church
- Saltings
- Sandy Hill Fm, Sandy Hill Lane, Sandyhills Copse
- Sargent's Plant.
- Sharford Ctg
- Afflington Wd
- Chettle Wd
- Flashet Plant.
- Game Copse
- Golden Bowl
- Green Pond
- Hr Grove, Lr Grove
- The Gwyle
- Halves Ctgs
- The Hermitage
- High Ledge
- Hill Bottom Plant.
- Hill Coppices
- Hounstout Cliff
- Jack Green's Copse
- Keeper's Copse
- The Kennels
- Kimmeridge Hill Copse
- Kingston Barn, Kingston Hill
- Kingswood Down
- Norden Common, Heath, Heath Plant., Heath Wd
- Scoles Gate Ctg, Scoles Lane Copse
- Shotover Moor