English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Worton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Worton

Historical Forms

  • Wrton(a) 1173 SarumCh 1177 BM
  • Wurton 1195 P 1254 StNicholas 1305 Ass
  • Worton(e) 1220 SarumCh 1249 Ass
  • Worton(e) by Poterne 1419 Pat
  • Wourton t.Eliz WMxxi
  • Woorton 1622 FF

Etymology

This is OE  wyrt -tūn , 'herb enclosure, kitchen garden.' Cf. Worton (Mx, O).

Places in the same Parish