Woolfardisworthy West
Woolfardisworthy or Woolsery ( ) is the name shared by two villages in the county of Devon, England: *Woolfardisworthy, Mid Devon, between Tiverton and Crediton (Mid Devon) *Woolfardisworthy, Torridge Woolfardisworthy is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district in the English county of Devon. The village is accessible via the A39 road, from the village. Name The name of the village is a local curiosity, as its pronunciation (and ...

Woolfardisworthy, Mid Devon
Woolfardisworthy (pronounced "Woolsery") is a village and civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ... in Mid Devon. It is situated about 5 miles (9 km) north of Crediton. According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names'' (Eilert Ekwall, 4th ed., 1960), the origin of the name is probably "Wulfheard's homestead". The element "worthy" is from Old English ''worþig'', one of several words for a homestead or small settlement found in English place names. Along with a few other places in Devon, it is one of the longest place names in England with 16 letters. The civil parish also contains the village of Black Dog. External links * Villages in Devon {{devon-geo-stub ...
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