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.

Loworthy

Other OS name in the Parish of Slapton

Historical Forms

  • Loveworthi 1282 FF
  • Loveworthe 1333 SR
  • Lyveworthy 1407 FF

Etymology

is Loveworthi 1282FF , Loveworthe 1333SR (p), Lyveworthy 1407FF . ' Lēofa 's worþig . '