Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Old Worths 1831 Bry

• Lagherworth 1490 Dow

Etymology

( 101–925834 ) , Old Worths 1831 Bry, Lagherworth 1490Dow , the Laugher worth 1551,logher worth 1553, lower worth 1581, 1766ib , probably the location of the eight acres in Poynton enclosed with a hedge by Richard de Worth ( 1285Court 212 ) , v. lagher ( cf. lágr ) , worð , cf. Worth supra .