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.

Worsted Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Merstham

Historical Forms

  • Woodstreete 1522 SACxx
  • Woodsweet 1616 ParReg
  • Woosted Green 1765 R.

Etymology

Worsted Green (6″) is Woodstreete 1522 SAC xx, Woodsweet 1616 ParReg, Woosted Green 1765 R. Cf. Rystead supra 193 and Stansted infra 319.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement