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.

Wortleford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cuckfield

Historical Forms

  • Wyrtleford 1291 FF 1308 Banco
  • Wryteleford 1292 Ass
  • Writlesford 1313 Abbr
  • Wortleford 1613 SAC58,10
  • Woodleford 1629 SAC61

Etymology

This contains the same pers. name Wyrtel (a ) found in Ridlington supra 101 and in Warding and Worsham infra 483, 494. Note also Writlesworth in Steyning (1249 FF).