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.

Wortham

Other OS name in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Michilworthene 1475–85 ECP2,220

Etymology

is Michilworthene 1475–85 ECP 2, 220 . v. mycel , worþign .