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.

Harmondsworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Harmondsworth

Historical Forms

  • Hermodesworde 1086 DB
  • Hermodesw(u)rth, Hermodesworth 1235,1274 Ass 1275,1295,1317 FF
  • Heremodesw(o)rth(e) 1222 StPaulsDB 1274 Ass 1291 Tax
  • Hermodisworth al. Hermondisworth 1430 Pat
  • Ermodhesworth 1260 Cl
  • Hermereswurthe 1294 Ass
  • Hermoursworth 1566 FF
  • Hermondesworth 1316 FA 1318,1390 FF
  • Heremondesworth 1360 ADvi
  • Hermesworth 1408 Pat
  • Harmesworth 1485 PCC 1552 FF 1593 N 1597 Recov
  • Harmsworth 1664 ParReg(W.Drayton) 1715,1723 ib
  • Harman(n)esworth 1436 Pat 1553 FF
  • Harmondsworth vulg. Harmsworth 1675 Ogilby
  • Harsworth 1732 ParReg(Harlington)

Etymology

'Heremōd 's farm,' v. worþ . Cf. Hamsworthy (PN D 156).For the old spelling and pronunciation cf. the surname Harmsworth .

Places in the same Parish