Etymology

Penwortham

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Cumbric *penn ← Old English worþham
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromworþham“(high status) land holding”
  2. Cumbric · derived from*penn“head, top, summit”
  3. English todayPenwortham

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”)

Words from the same roots

Cumbric*penn all →

PenrithPentlandPenicuikPainshawfieldPenshawPen-y-ghent

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.