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.

The Worthies

Other OS name in the Parish of Ham & Stone

Historical Forms

  • Wurthin e.13 Berk
  • le Worthy 1514 ib
  • le Wurthye 1544 LP

Etymology

, Wurthin e. 13 Berk, le Worthy 1514 ib, le Wurthye 1544 LP , v. worðig(n) ' enclosure ' .