Etymology

Whitworth

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Today it means: A small town and civil parish with a town council in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818). Full definition →

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The story

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + worð (“enclosure”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.