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.

Luckworthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Molland

Historical Forms

  • Lokeworthi 1287 Ass 1330 SR

Etymology

is Lokeworthi 1287Ass (p), 1330SR (p) . ' Luc (c )a 'sworþig . ' Cf. oþ lucan weorþig Crawf 4 ( Devon ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement