Edgeworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Edgeworth
Historical Forms
- Egesworde, Egeiswurde 1086 DB
- Egesw(u)rth(e) 1222–8 Hopt 1225–9 GlR 1248 Ass 1270 Pat 1285 FA
- Egewurð, Egew(u)rth 1138 AC 1221 Ass 1236 Fees
- Egeworth 1232 Cl 1535 VE
- Eggew(u)rth(e), Eggeworth(e) 1220 Fees c.1230 GlCh 1236 Fees c.1238 Berk 1248 Ass 1509 FF
- Eggelewrde 1221 Ass
- Eggesw(u)rth, Eggesworth(e) c.1230 GlR 1241 Berk 1271,1284 Episc 1427 FF
- Egeswurthin 1255 Cl
- Edg(e)worth 1539 FF
- Edg(e)worth als. Egworth als. Eggisworth 1602 ib
Etymology
The village is on one of the steep slopes of the upper Frome valley and the first el. of the name could be OE ecg 'edge' (in the gen.sg. ecges ). But we may have to derive this name from the OE pers.n. Ecgi , which is perhaps to be preferred because of the genitival form and because OE worð is most often combined with personal names.'Ecgi's enclosure', v. worð . It has clearly been associated with ecg , as it has in Edge Hill (infra ). The single spelling with -wurthin (v. worðign ) is one of the most southerly instances of the WMidl word (cf. Introd.).