English Explanatory Dictionary

Penwortham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and civil parish in South Ribble district, near Preston, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref (approx) SD5228). It appears on maps as Higher Penwortham, Lower Penwortham and Penwortham Lane.
  2. A small town in the Clare Valley, South Australia.

Word forms

Penwortham

Etymology

Probably from Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Old English worþham (“(high status) land holding”). Or else, the full name may be equivalent to Welsh pen (“head, top summitt”) + y (“(of) the”) + werddon (“green”)

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