Langworth History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Langworth

What does the name Langworth mean?

The name Langworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in Langworth, Lincolnshire 1 where the first record was found in Saxon time as Longwathe c. 1055. The place name literally means "long ford," from the Viking "langr" +"vathe." 2 The place name Langwith are related and are found in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, but these places are recorded after the Lincolnshire parish.

Early Origins of the Langworth family

The surname Langworth was first found in Lincolnshire where William de Langwathe was recorded in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. 3 Later in Nottinghamshire, Thomas Langworth was recorded in 1463. 4

"The Langworthys were established in Ashburton and its neighbourhood in the 16th and 17th centuries. Alexander Langworthy was an Ashburton churchwarden in 1563; and the name was represented in Widecombe in the 16th and 17th centuries." 5

Early History of the Langworth family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Langworth research. Another 118 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1524, 1576, 1684, 1704, 1708, 1716, 1717, 1718, 1725, 1743, 1762, 1784, 1787 and 1803 are included under the topic Early Langworth History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Langworth Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Langworth family name include Langworth, Langworthy and others.

Early Notables of the Langworth family

Benjamin Langwith (1684?-1743), English antiquary and natural philosopher, a Yorkshireman, born about 1684. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, and elected fellow and tutor (Cooper, Memorials of Cambridge, i. 314). He graduated B.A. in 1704, M.A. in 1708, B.D. in 1716, and D.D. in 1717 (Cantabr. Graduati, 1787, p. 233). Thoresby placed his son under his care, but was obliged to remove him, owing to Langwith's negligence. He was instituted to the rectory of Petworth, Sussex, in 1718 (Dallaway, Rape of Arundel, ed...
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Langworth migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Langworth surname or a spelling variation of the name include :

Langworth Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Francis Langworth, aged 25, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Speedwell" 6
James Langworth, who landed in Maryland in 1635 6
John Langworth, who landed in Maryland in 1637-1640 6
Jonathan Langworth, who arrived in Virginia in 1638 6
William Langworth, who arrived in Maryland in 1658 6
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Contemporary Notables of the name Langworth (post 1700) +

Richard M. Langworth CBE (1941-2025), author based in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, United States, and Eleuthera, Bahamas, specialised in automotive history and Winston Churchill, editor of The Packard Cormorant (1975-2001), won awards from the Antique Automobile Club of America, Society of Automotive Historians, Old Cars Weekly, Packard Club and Graphic Arts Association of New Hampshire
Joe Langworth (b. 1966), American singer and dancer

Sources +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)