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.

Walworthehow

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Walworthehow e.14 BelCartA
  • Waluordehowe 1316 Rut
  • Walwordhowe 1352 Rut

Etymology

Walworthehow e. 14, Waluordehowe 1316, Walwordhowe 1352 (v. haugr; Walworth appears to be an earlier p.n., i.e.' the enclosure, farmstead of the serfs or Britons', v. walh, worð, cf. Walworth, Sr 27)