Inworth
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| Inworth | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°49’35"N, 0°43’17"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Colchester |
| Postcode: | CO5 |
| Dialling code: | 01376 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Colchester |
Inworth is a small village and ancient parish in the hundred of Lexden in Essex, near to Tiptree. Together with Messing it forms the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth.
The place-name 'Inworth' is first attested in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1206, where it appears as Inewrth. The name means 'Ina's homestead'.[1]
All Saints' Church dates from the 11th century and is a Grade-I listed building.[2]
References
- ↑ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.265.
- ↑ "Name: PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (INWORTH) List entry Number: 1224592". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1224592. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
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