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.

Glentworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Glentworth

Historical Forms

  • Glentewrde (2x), Glenteuurde, Glenteurde (2x) 1086 DB
  • Glenteworda c1115 LS
  • Glenteworde 1160–66 Dane
  • Glenteword c1190 RAiv
  • Glentewurde a1150 Dane
  • Glentewurd' 1196 ChancR
  • Glentewyrda 1153–54 Newh Ed1
  • Glentewurða 1166,1167 P
  • Glentewurð 1205 ChancR
  • Glentewurth 1209–25 LAHW 1236 RRG 1251 Ipm 1276 RH
  • Glentewurthe 1218 Ass
  • Glenteworthe 1155–60 Dane 1212–17 RBE 1244 Fees 1305 Pat 1589 NCWills
  • Glenteworth(') Hy2 Ch 1318 Ass 1202 Fees 1250 FF 1271 Pat 1376
  • Glentewrda 1190–95 Dane 1230 ChancR c1263 HarlCh
  • Glentewrth' 1203 Ass 1205 P 1205 OblR 1206,1222 Cur 1243 Cl 1250 Fees 1254 ValNor
  • Gleintaworda c1115 LS
  • Glentworth 1154–72,1172,l12(1407) Gilb R1 Ch 1318 Ass 1202 Ass 1272 Tax 1291 Ass 1298 Ipm 1300 Orig 1314 HarlCh 1322 Ipm 1322 Pat 1323 Cl 1324 Orig 1325 FA 1325
  • Glentworthe 1281 QW 1312 Inqaqd 1331 Ipm 1445 AASRxxix
  • Glentwrth 1198 Ch 1328 P 1203 RH 1276
  • Glentwurth 1203 ChR 1212,1242–43 Fees
  • Glentword' 1272 Ass
  • Glentwrd 1275 RH
  • Glentwort 1576 Saxton

Etymology

The second el. is worð 'an enclosure' ; for the first v. the discussion of Glentham supra .