Woolfardisworthy, Mid Devon

For the larger village in North Devon, see Woolfardisworthy, Torridge.

50°51′54″N 3°40′0″W / 50.86500°N 3.66667°W / 50.86500; -3.66667

St Mary's Church, Woolfardisworthy

Woolfardisworthy (/wʊlˈfɑːrdɪswɜːrði/ wuul-FAR-diss-wur-dhee)[1] is a village and civil parish in Mid Devon, situated about 5 miles (9 km) north of Crediton. The name derives from Old English and means "Wulfheard's enclosure".[2] The civil parish also contains the village of Black Dog.

  1. ^ Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 264. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (3rd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 507.