Origin of the name WORCESTER Back

Origin

WORCESTER : Local. A county and city of England, which Bailey derives from Sax. Were, a forest, and Cester, a camp or city. I prefer deriving it from Worcester, the city or castle of strife, from the Saxon Woer, war, strife, with which the ancient British name agrees, called Caerwrangon, the castle or fort of strife and contention. It was a boundary for many years between the Britons and Saxons. (See Chester.)

ESHAM : Local. From a town by that name in Worcestershire, England, formerly Eoves-ham, so called from one Eoves Egwins, a shepherd, who was afterward Bishop of Worcester, and ham, a village.

WOOSTER : A corruption of Worcester (which see).

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