English Place-name Society

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.

Wallsworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandhurst

Historical Forms

  • Walesw(u)rth(e), Waleswort, Waleswrd(e), Walesworth c.1200,c.1220 GlR 1221,1248 Ass 1271 Ch 1336 GlR
  • Walessworþe c.1270 ib
  • Walsworth 1343 BM
  • Wallesw(u)rth(e), Wallesworth(e) 1221,1248 Ass 1344 FF 1345 GlR 1503 Rent
  • Walewrth' 1244 Fees 1248 Ass

Etymology

'Enclosure of Walh or the Welshman', v. walh , worð ; the pers.n. may appear in OE æt Wealleswyrðe c. 1060 KCD 929 (K), but Wallenberg thought this was an error for Paddlesworth (KPN 330).