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.

Worden's Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of St Giles in the Wood

Historical Forms

  • la Wrthen 1281 Ass

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) was probably the home of Richard de la Wrthen (1281Ass ) , v. worþign . The s may be pseudo - manorial .