Littleworth

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proper noun

A hamlet in Wing parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8823).

OriginOld English lȳtel →
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Meanings

proper nounLittleworth (countable and uncountable, plural Littleworths)

plural Littleworths

  1. A number of places in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Wing parish, Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP8823).
    2. countableuncountableA hamlet in Burnham parish, South Bucks district, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SU9386).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet in Wheatley parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP5905).
    4. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish (without a council) in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SU3197).
    5. countableuncountableA suburban area in Cannock Chase district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0111).
    6. countableuncountableA suburban area of Stafford, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9323).
    7. countableuncountableA village in Rossington parish, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK6298).
    8. countableuncountableA hamlet in West Grinstead parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1920).
    9. countableuncountableA village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8850).
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishlȳtel“little, small”
  2. EnglishLittleworth

From Old English lȳtel (“little, small”) + worþ (“enclosure”).

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APA

Littleworth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Littleworth

MLA

“Littleworth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Littleworth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Littleworth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Littleworth.

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