Aldsworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Aldsworth
Historical Forms
- Ealdeswy[rðe] 1002–4 ASWills 1004 KCD710
- Ealdesworthe 1008 Finb
- Aldesorde 1086 DB
- Aldeswrd(e) 1086 DB 1221 Ass
- Aldeswurde 1184–1205 Oseney
- Aldesworþe 12,1200,1263–84 Glouc
- Aldesw(u)rþe 12,13 WinchLB
- Aldesworth(e) 1148–1271 Glouc c.1184,1271 Oseney 1282,1290 Episc 1327 SR c.1560 Surv
- Aldesworth(e) als. Alsworthe 1578 FF
- Aldeswrth 1291 Tax
- Aldeswurth' 1248 Ass
- Aldew(u)rth(e) 1221 Ass, Plea
- Aldeworthe 1276 Oseney
- Altesworth 1287 Ass
- Allesworth 1540 MinAcct
- Aul(e)sworth 1577,1610 M 1675 Ogilby
- Audlesworth 1587 FF
Etymology
'Ald's enclosure', v. worð . An OE pers.n. Ald , Eald is not recorded except in this and other p.ns. like Awsworth (Nt 137) and Owdeswell (188infra ). It would be a shortened form of such OE pers.ns. as Aldfrið , Aldhelm , etc. On the form Aules - cf. Phonol. § 5.