Curdworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Curdworth
Historical Forms
- Credeworde 1086 DB
- Cred(d)ewrth, Cred(d)ewrthia, Cred(d)ewrthe t.Hy2 Hatton early13th ADv 1247 FF 1307 Ass 1359 BirmDeed
- Croddewurthe c.1160 Ch 1318 ADiii c.1235
- Cruddewrth(ie) c.1200 Wollaton 1247 SR
- Cruddeworth 1201 Cur 1288 DeedsEnrolled 1291 Tax 1297 Cl 1354 Ipm 1367 IpmR 1419 FF
- Crod(d)(e)worth 1304 Ass 1316 Ipm 1366 ADv
- Crudworth 1316 FA 1361 1380 Cl 1428 FA 1455 BM 1545 Ct
- Crodesworth, Crudesworth 1372 Ass
- Cordworth 1547 FF
- Curdworth 1656 Dugdale
- Curdworth al. Crudworth 1657 Recov 1670 FF
Etymology
'Crēoda 's enclosure,' v. worþ . “The name originally arose from some antient owner of it in the Saxons time; perhaps Crida , for that was then a frequent appellation” (Dugdale 675).