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.

Silsworth Lodge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watford

Historical Forms

  • Silvesworth 1213 ClR
  • Sivelesworth(e), Syvelesworth 1220 Fees 1330 QW
  • Sivelesworth juxta Watford 1305 Ass
  • Sillesworth, Syllesworth 1284 FA 1399,1430 ADiv
  • Sevelesworth 1287 Ass
  • Sevelesworth juxta Watford 1330 Ass
  • Sulesworth 1367 ADi
  • Sullesworth 1393 Cl 1398 ADiii
  • Sunelesworth (sic) 1438 ADiii
  • Silsworthe 1482 ADiv

Etymology

'Sifel 's worþ,' cf. Silsoe (PN BedsHu 161).

Places in the same Parish