Torworth

Torworth, Nottinghamshire

Torworth, in the Bassetlaw Wapentake of Nottinghamshire, comes from the Old Norse male personal name Þórðr and the Old English element worð ‘enclosure’.

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

Nottinghamshire, place-name

Further information

This object is related to Torwoth, Nottinghamshire.
Find out about Torwoth, Nottinghamshire.

Acknowledgements

Image © Judith Jesch

References

J.E.B. Gover, Allen Mawer and F.M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire. English Place-Name Society Volume XVII (1940), p. 100.