Inworth

All Saints' Church

Inworth is a small village in the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth, Essex, England, near to Tiptree and within the Colchester Borough Council area.

The place-name 'Inworth' is first attested in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1206, where it appears as Inewrth. The name means 'Ina's homestead'.[1]

All Saints' Church dates from the 11th century and is a grade I listed building.[2]

References

  1. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.265.
  2. Historic England. "PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (INWORTH) (1224592)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

Coordinates: 51°49′N 0°44′E / 51.817°N 0.733°E / 51.817; 0.733


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