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Penwortham

Penwortham 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.

Proper noun

Penwortham

  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 of Penwortham

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”)

Questions about Penwortham

What does Penwortham mean?
Penwortham means 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.
What part of speech is Penwortham?
Penwortham is a proper noun.

Words near Penwortham in the dictionary

  1. penwomen
  2. Penwood
  3. penwork
  4. penworker
  5. penworkers
  6. Penwortham
  7. Penwyllt
  8. peny
  9. Penybontfawr
  10. Penydarren
  11. Penyffordd

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