Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Heppeuuord 1086 DB

• Heppewrth 1274–1308 WCR

• Heppeworth 1313,1323 ib

• Hepworthyn' 1462,1492 MinAcct

• Hepworth 1550 YDii

Etymology

In view of the Heppe - spellings this can hardly be OE  hēope 'hip'; it is no doubt an OE  pers.n. Heppa , which is not recorded but finds a cognate in OG  Heppo ; it could be a hypocoristic form of some such pers.n. as Helpric . This is the more likely, as worð 'enclosure' is most often combined with a pers.n. v. also Hepshaw infra . The Merc  form -worthyn (v. worðign ) is noteworthy; v. Introd.