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.

Highworthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Shebbear

Historical Forms

  • Heworthy 1322 Ass

Etymology

is Heworthy 1322Ass . ' High farm , ' v. worþig .