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.

Westworthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Bondleigh

Historical Forms

  • Whishworthy t.Eliz ChancP
  • Whissery 1624 Recov

Etymology

is Whishworthy t. Eliz ChancP, Whissery 1624Recov . v. worþig . The first element may be OE  wisce , ' damp meadowland , ' etc . There is much boggy land round about .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement