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.

Cudworth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Newdigate

Historical Forms

  • Cudiford 1229 FF
  • Cudeford 1299,1361 Ipm
  • Codeford 1353 Seldxl
  • Cudworth 1594 DeedsEnrolled

Etymology

Cudworth is Cudiford 1229 FF, Cudeford 1299, 1361 Ipm, Codeford 1353 Seld xl(p), Cudworth 1594Deeds Enrolled .'Cud (d )a 's ford.' The first form suggests that there may have been an alternative form Cudingford with connective ing . For confusion of ford and worth cf. PN NbDu 268, §4.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement