Tortworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tortworth
Historical Forms
- Torteword 1086 DB
- Torteoda c.1100 France
- Tortewurð, Tortewrth(e), Torteworth(e) 1178 P 1220,1236 Fees 1248 Ass 1378 Works
- Torteworth als. Torteworthy 1546 FF
- Tortiworth 1291 Cl
- Toteworth 1290 Cl 1315 Ipm
- Totworthe 1561 FF
- Tortworth 1487 Ipm 1505 Pat
- Tortworthy 1555,1632 FF 1652 ParlSurv
- Tortery 1583 Will
Etymology
'Torhta's enclosure', v. worð (later worðig , a SW variant). The unrecorded OE pers.n. Torhta would be a hypocoristic form of such names as Torhthelm , Torhtrēd , etc.