Littleworth

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Littleworth (countable and uncountable, plural Littleworths)

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

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Littleworth is the 30233^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 121 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Littleworth”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 447.
• Forebears