Mumworth
Early-attested site in the Parish of Laverstock
Historical Forms
- Mummeworth 1250 Ipm 1279 Ass
- Mommeworth t.Hy3 Stowe
- pontem de Mommeworth t.Ed3 For
- Mommeworth 1493 Ipm
- Munworth 1533–8 ECP
- Momworth 1535 VE
- Mommordes myll t.Eliz DuLa
- Monworth 1672 Rental
- Mumworth 1829 Recov
Etymology
Most names in worth are compounded with a personal name and we are probably right here in assuming a lost OE name Mumma , perhaps a pet form of an OE name in Mund - or -mund . Hence'Mumma 's enclosure,' v. worþ . Professor Bruce Dickins notes Modlcelandic Mummi for Guðmundur .