Bedworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bedworth
Historical Forms
- Bedeword 1086 DB
- Bedeworthe 12th ADi 1361 Ipm
- Bedewurda lateHy2 Dane
- Beddewrda ib.
- Beddeworth 1403 Madox
- Badewrth 1199 FF
- Badewrthe c.1200 AD
- Bodewrth 1267 Ipm
- Bedwurth 1221 Ass
- Bedworth 1333 ADi
- Bedworth al. Saunders mannor 1651 FF
Etymology
'Bēada 's enclosure,' v. worþ . In 1221Ass there is mention also of 'chemin de Bedeweie ,' perhaps called after the same man.Cf. Dugdale (78), “As for the name therof, I conceive it did originally proceed from one that possest it in the Saxons time, whose name was Bede ; the late sillable worth , signifying a habitation. In Domesday-book it is written Bedeword , the d wanting a stroke through it, which with the Saxons stood for th. ”Symon Saunders held the manor in 1651 (FF ).