Turnworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Turnworth
Historical Forms
- Torneworde 1086 DB
- Torneworth(e) 1280 Ass 1285,1318 Cecil 1325 MinAcct 1327 SR
- Torneword' 1288 Ass
- Turnewrd(a), Turnewrd'e John AddCh
- Turnewrd'i John ib
- Turnewordam 1204 Ch 1313
- Turnewurth(') 1234 1237 FF
- Turnewurþe 1255 AD
- Turneworth(') l13 1268,1288 Ass 1291 Tax 1332 SR 1530 AddCh
- Turneword' 1288 Ass
- Turnew'rth 1291 Tax
- Turnet 1412 FA
- Turnwood 1575 Saxton
- Turnworth als. Turnwood 1795 Boswell
- Thurneworda John AddCh
- Thornewr'he John AddCh
- Thorneworth(e) 1280 Ass 1316 FA 1382 Cecil
- Tourneworth 1428 FA
Etymology
'Thorn-bush enclosure, enclosure formed by thorn-bushes', from þyrne (alternating with the cognate þorn ) and worð (replaced once by worðig ). On AN T - for Th -, v. ANInfl 39ff, IPN 98, Feilitzen 100ff; the strong AN influence on the name of this place may reflect its early possession by the great Norman family of de Lincoln , v. Hutch3 3466.