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.

Wayworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

Wayewathe 1301 LS

Whawathe 1539 Dugdvi.275

Wayworth 1615 NR

Etymology

'Ford where the road crosses' v. weg , vað .

Places in the same Parish