Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Aldewrþa c.1150 Crawf 1188–1200 YCh1795

• Aldewurþe l.12 YChviii

• Haldewurth, Haldeuurthe 1190–1210 YChvii

• Haldewrth(e) l.12,1210–25 1275 WCR 1276 RH 1290 Lindsay 1330 YDiv

• Haldeworth(e) 1286,1324 WCR 1340 YDiv 1379 PT 1555 FF

• Haldworth(e) 1372 YDiii 1488 Ipm 1598 FF 1675 Og

• Haldesworth 1439 Rent 1589 FF

• Haldisworth 1536 Rent

• Haldsworth(e) 1566 PRHfx 1597 SessnR

• Holdesworth 1462,1492 MinAcct

• Holdsworth 1610 FF

• Hauldysworthe 1562 PRHfx

• Howldsworth 1592 WillY

Etymology

'Halda's enclosure', v. worð . On the OE  pers.n. Halda , cf. the parallel name Holdsworth i, 224supra , which also has a spurious gen. sg. -s - in later spellings.