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.

Fittleworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Fittleworth

Historical Forms

  • Fitelwurða 1168 P
  • Fitelewrth 1200 FF
  • Fiteleword 1255 FF
  • Fiteleworth 1256 FF
  • Fytelewurth 1271 FF
  • Vytelwerth 1296 SR
  • Vitelworth 1450 Pat
  • Fetilworth 1438 IpmR 1509 LP

Etymology

'Fitela's worþ.' The same pers. name is found in Fitling (Y), Fittleton (W), Fiddlecott (D). For v , v. Introd. xxviii.