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Summary

Worswell was a Domesday manor and mentioned in 1239

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX54NW/23

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170504.

Reichel, o. J. /hundreds of devon/(1928-1938)268,328,331/the hundred of ermington in early times.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170505.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)257.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV242.

Worswell was macheswelle in domesday. It was held by rainald de valletorta of rhiwallon the dubbed knight in succession to sawin who held it before the conquest (reichel).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

Worswell is first mentioned in the calendar of charter rolls of 1239. It appears in various forms throughout the middle ages until it finally becomes worswell in the recovery rolls of 1670. It is a difficult name. The meaning could be interpreted in several ways but it could come from the old english word wiersta meaning worst (gover et al).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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