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.
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Villages in Devon
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