Wentworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wentworth
Historical Forms
- Winteuuorde 1086 DB, InqEl
- Winteworða, Winteuurð 1086 InqEl
- Winteword(a) 1109–33,c.1170 ElyM 1291 Tax
- Wintew(o)rth(e), Wyntew(o)rth(e) c.1130 ElyD 1428 FA
- Wynteworda 1086 InqEl
- Wyntewurth 1252 ElyCh
- Wynthewurthe 1252 Ch
- Wyntwourthe in the isle of Elye 1580 ADvi
- Winworth 1636 BedL
- Wynterword, Wynterwrd' c.1150 LibEl
- Wynterwrth 1285 Ass
- Went(e)worth(e) 1335 Sacr 1573 Ely
- Went(e)worth(e) al. Wenford 1588 ib
- Wentford t.Eliz ChancP
- Wentforth 1583 Ct
- Wenworth 1870 Witcham
- Wyndeforde 15th HMCvi
- Wyntforde c.1554 ECP
- Winford c.1600 BadesladeA 1724
- Wingford 1684 Moore
Etymology
The new forms, Wynterword etc., though late, make it probable that EkwalL(DEPN) was right in associating this name with Wentworth (WRY), DBWintreuuorde , Winteworde . Either 'Wintra 's enclosure' or 'winter-enclosure,' v. worð . For -ford cf. Duxford supra 92.