Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wadesuurde 1086 DB

• Wadeswrth 1246 FF

• Wadesworth, Wadesworþe 1314 Lewes302d 1372 FF 1383 MinAcct

• Wadiswurth 1246 FF

• Wadisworth 1604 FF 1647 PRHept

• Waddesw(o)rth(e) 13 1246 DodsN 1274–1315 WCR 1276 RH 1279–81 QW 1309 Ext 1536 Testvi

• Waddesword 1331 Ass5

• Waddiswrth 1297 WCR

• Waddisworth(e) 1439 Pat 1529 WillY 1549 Arm

• Wadewyrth 1276 RH

• Waddeworth 1316 Vill

• Waddsworth 1509 FF

• Wadsworth 1577 NCWills

• Wodsworthe 1572 WillY

Etymology

'Wæddi's enclosure', v. worð ; on the OE  pers.n. Wæd (d )i cf. Wadsley i, 213supra . There is no village of Wadsworth and the exact site of the original settlement in this large township is not known, unless Old Town infra marks it (95–0028).