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English habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Walkhampton, Devon, from the Old English personal name *Norþ, a byname from norþ (“north”), + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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English habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Walkhampton, Devon, from the Old English personal name *Norþ, a byname from norþ (“north”), + -s- + worþig (“estate, enclosure”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.