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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ebworth Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Painswick

Historical Forms

  • Ebbesworth e.13,c.1270 BGli
  • Ebbew(o)rth 1291 Tax 1327 SR
  • Ebworth 1354 Ch

Etymology

Ebworth Ho, Ebbesworth e. 13, c. 1270 BG li, Ebbew (o )rth 1291 Tax, 1327SR (p), Ebworth 1354 Ch. 'Ebba's enclosure', v. worð . The pers.n. is OE  Ebba or its strong form Ebbi .