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.

Culworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Culworth

Historical Forms

  • Culeorde 1086 DB
  • Culwurda 1184 P 1371 ADi
  • Culleworth
  • Colewyth 12th Survey
  • Coleworth 1376 ADi
  • Coleswrth 1235 Fees
  • Collewrth
  • Colleworth 1380 Cl
  • Colworth 1331 Ipm 1378 Cl
  • Cotes c. 1200 Ashby
  • Coton 1438 Cl
  • Cote Culworth 1535 VE
  • Cotes Culworth al. Cotton beside Culworth (1543 LP)

Etymology

'Cula 's enclosure,' v. worþ , cf. Culham (O), Culanham BCS 759. The derivative Cul (l )ing is on record. A lost part of Culworth is Cotes c. 1200Ashby , Coton 1438 Cl, Cote Culworth 1535 VE, Cotes Culworth al. Cotton beside Culworth (1543 LP), v. cot(e).

Places in the same Parish