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.

Papworth Hundred

Hundred in the County of Cambridgeshire

Historical Forms

  • Papeword(e) 1086 DB
  • Pap(p)ewurðe, Pap(p)ewurde, Pap(p)eword(e), Pap(p)eworth(e) 1176 P 1401 FA
  • Papworth c.1250 SR
  • Pāpesword 1086 DB
  • Pampeswrđa, Pampeuuorda, Pampeuuorde 1086 InqEl
  • Papesw(o)rd' 1086 Ipm 1337 P 1200
  • Pampeworth, Pa'ppeworth 1275 RH

Etymology

For further forms and the etymology, v. Papworth infra 171.