Woolfardisworthy, jointly with a few other places in Devon, has one of the longest place names in England, with 16 letters. As the modern pronunciation of the village, known to have been in use since the 17th century, is /ˈwʊlzəri/, its name is sometimes marked on local signs as Woolsery alongside the original spelling.[4]
The original meaning of the name is probably "Wulfheard's homestead" – the element -worthy being from Old Englishworþig, one of several words used by the Anglo-Saxons to denote a homestead, farmstead or small settlement.[5]
All Hallows Church
In the parish church dedicated to All Hallows is the large monument with effigy to Richard Cole (d.1614) of Buckish within the parish, also of Slade in the parish of Cornworthy, Devon. It is a Grade 1 British Listed Building.[6]
^Padel, O. J. (1999). "Place-names". In Kain, Roger; Ravenhill, William (eds.). Historical Atlas of South-West England. Exeter: University of Exeter Press. pp. 88–9. ISBN0-85989-434-7.
^Ekwall, Eilert, ed. (1960). Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19869-103-3.
