Warmsworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Warmsworth
Historical Forms
- Wermesford(e), Wemesford(e) 1086 DB
- Wirmeswrthe 12 Ch 1308
- Wermedeswithe (sic) 1196–1201 YCh118
- Wermesw(o)rth(e), Wermeswurth c.1100–15 YCh Hy2 MaryH6d 1234 Ebor 1235 FF 1243 Fees 1268 FF 1273 BWr 1412 Pat
- Wermesword 1360 YDii
- Wermundesworth 1267 Ebor
- Wermisworth, Wermysworth 1291 Tax 1428 FA
- Wermusworth 1332 YDii
- Warmesworth(e) 1194–9 YChviii 1197 Ebor 1301 FF 1352 DiocV 1409 YDiii 1577
- Warmesword c.1250 BWr
- Warneswurthe 13 ADi
Etymology
'Wermi's enclosure', v. worð . The first el. appears to be an OE pers.n. Wermi (WSax Wærmi ), a strong form of the Wærma which lies behind Warndon Wo 175. This pers.n. is thought to have a particularly Mercian provenance, for so far it has appeared only in such WMidl p.ns. as Warmingham Ch and Warmington Wa 274, as well as Warndon Wo, though OE Wēr -, Wǣrmund from which it is derived (cf. the spellings Wermedes -, -mundes -) has a wider distribution (cf. Searle's examples s.n.).