Pickworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Pickworth
Historical Forms
- Pichewurða 1170(p),1171 P
- Pichewurth' 1228 Cur
- Pycheworth 1288 Abbr
- Pykewurða, Pikewurða 1175 P
- Pikewurtha 1176(p),1177 ib
- Pikewurda 1174(p),1178 1187 ib
- Pikeworth(e) 1219,1221,1226 RHug 1268 RGrav 1316 FA
- Pykkeworth', Pikkeworth' 1263 Ass 1284 OSut 1300 Ipm
- Pickeworth 1263,1294 Ass 1301 Cl
- Pickewurth' 1226 RHug 1292 OSut
- Picworth(e) 1293 AD 1296 SR 1376 Ipm
- Pykworth(e), Pikworth(e) 1336 Ass 1340 IpmR 1503 Cl
- Pyckworth, Pickworth 1286 Ass 1495 Ipm 1695 Map
Etymology
'Pīca's enclosure', v. worð , cf. Pickworth L.