Penwortham
English
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Etymology
[edit]Probably from Cumbric pen (“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”)
Proper noun
[edit]Penwortham
- 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.
- A small town in the Clare Valley, South Australia.
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- English proper nouns
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- en:Civil parishes of England
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- en:Towns in South Australia
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- en:Places in Australia