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.

Worth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Boxgrove

Historical Forms

  • Leworthe 1428 FA

Etymology

Worth (lost) is frequently mentioned in the Boxgrove Cartulary in 12th cent, charters and is variously called Wuordam , Werdam , Wurdam . It last appears as Leworthe in 1428 (FA), v. worþ .

Places in the same Parish