Ozleworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ozleworth
Historical Forms
- Oslan wyrþ 940 BCS764 12th
- Osleuuorde 1086 DB
- Oslew(o)rda, Oslewarda, Oslew(o)rth(e), Oslewurth c.1150 Monast 1166 RBE e.13 Berk 13 HMC5 1220 Cur 1327 SR
- Oseleworth, Oselewurth 1220 Fees 1220 Cur
- Oselewrthi 1220 Bracton
- Olesworthe 12 Glouc
- Hoheleswrdi e.13 BM
- Oselw(u)rth(e), Osilw(u)rth(e), Osilworth(e), Osilwrd' 13 Glouc 1207 Abbr 1221 Ass 1540 LP
- Osewurthe 1221 Ass
- Wosel(e)worth, Wosylworth 1287 Ass 1535 VE 1538 TRMB 1600 FF
- Wosselworth 16 Rent 1537 Hale
- Wowl(e)sworth 1577,1610 M
- Owselworthe als. Woselworthe 1589 FF
Etymology
Possibly 'blackbird enclosure', v. ōsle , worð (with traces of SW worðig ). Since, however, worð is usually combined with pers.ns, more probable is OE ōsle used as a pers.n. or an OE Ōsla proposed by Ekwall as a derivative in -ela of names like Ōsa , Ōsbald , etc. On the later form Wosel - cf. Phonol. § 42 (a ).