Pebworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pebworth
Historical Forms
- Pebewrthe 848 BCS453 14th
- æt Pebbewurðy 1012–23 KCD898 orig.
- Pebeworde 1086 DB
- Pebewrda 1140 BM
- Pebew(o)rth(a) 1154–8 Ch 1340 Ass 1287 Surv c.1560
- Pebbew(u)rda 1140 Monast 1154–8 Ch 1340
- Pebbew(o)rth(e), Pebbewurth 1211–13 Fees 1248 Ass 1269 Pat 1270 Ipm 1291 Tax 1533 FF
- Pebworte 1176 France
- Pebworthine 1278 Cl
- Pebworth(e) 1286 WinchLB 1535 VE 1743 PR
- Pebworth(e) als. Pedworthe 1583 Talbot
- Pubbeworth 1285 FA
- Pobbeworth 1303 FA
Etymology
Pedmore (Wo 305) is parallel to Pebworth and has a similar change of Peb - to Ped - as that in the form Pedworthe . It has been derived from the OE pers.n. Pybba which is that of a Mercian king, the father of Penda (cf. Redin 108). But the very regular spellings for the two p.ns. cannot be directly from this; there may have been, however, a form Peobba from a different grade (PrGerm *peuƀ -) as in OE Peuf (a ). 'Peobba's enclosure', v. worð ; the OE spelling -wurðy is WSax (v. worðig ) and is due to the dialect of the document, and the ME -worthine is from Merc worðign.