Minsterworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Minsterworth
Historical Forms
- Mynsterworðig c.1030 Förster,Themse
- Minstredwrð 1154 Flax
- Munstreworth(e), Munstreworþe, Munstrew(u)rth(e) 12,13 Glouc 1221 Ass c.1230 GlR 1234 Cl 1404 Pat
- Munstrew(u)rth(e) als. Mynsterworth 1504 ib
- Munsterw(o)rþ(e), Munsterwrd', Munsterworth c.1210 GlR 1221 Ass 1259 Ch 1355 FF
- Munestrew(o)rth' 1220 Fees 1276 Cl 1358 FF
- Menstrew(u)rd(a), Menstrewurða, Menstrew(o)rth(e) 1167–1204 P 1217 ClR 1221 Ass 1231 Ch 1319 Pat
- Menesterworth a.1274 Guise
- Minstrew(u)rth, Mynstrew(u)rth, Mynstreworth(e), Munsterworth(e) 1221,1248 Ass 1233 Cl 1261 Misc 1271 Pat c.1275 For 1680 PR
- Ministreworth 1291 Tax
- Munsterworthin c.1210 GlR
- Munstrewrthyn c.1270 For
- Monstreworth 1276 RH 1287 Ass
- Muynstreworth' 1385 Ass
Etymology
'The enclosure of the monastery' (here St Peter's Gloucester), v. mynster , worð , with the two spellings in -w (o )rthin , -yn from Merc worðign.