Sopworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sopworth
Historical Forms
- Sopeworde 1086 DB
- Sopewrth 1201 Cur
- Sopeworth 1249 Ass
- Sopesworth 1206 Cur
- Soppewarda 12th AD
- Soppeworth 1281 Ass 1351 Pat
- Sopwarde ib.
- Sopwrth' 1251 Cl
- Sopworth(e) 1298 Ass 1332 SR
- Scopewurth 1242 Fees
- Shopwurth 1252 Ch
- Sapworth 1665 FF 1773 AandD
Etymology
'Soppa 's farmstead,' v. worþ . For the personal name cf. Sopwell (PN Herts 95).