Penwortham

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proper noun

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.

OriginCumbric *penn ← Old English worþham →
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Meanings

proper noun
  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.

Origin

  1. Old Englishworþham“(high status) land holding”
  2. Cumbric*penn“head, top, summit”
  3. EnglishPenwortham

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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APA

Penwortham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penwortham

MLA

“Penwortham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penwortham. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Penwortham,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Penwortham.

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