Inworth
Village in Essex, England
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Inworth is a small village and in the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth, in the Colchester district of Essex, England, near to Tiptree.
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Inworth village dates back to medieval times, and has been known in the past as Ineworth, Inneworth, Inneworde and Inford. A placename close to the modern name is first attested in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1206, where it appears as Inewrth. This derives from Ina's worþ ("Ina's homestead").[1]
The grave of local celebrity 'Spotty', a faithful golden retriever, can be found by the village post office, attracting many visitors. His ghost is said to haunt the meat shop on the corner.[2]
All Saints' Church dates from the 11th century and is a grade I listed building.[3]
Inworth was an ancient parish in the Lexden hundred of Essex. The parish was abolished in 1934; the southern end of the parish was added to the new parish of Tiptree, a small area was transferred to Feering, and the remainder merged with Messing to form a new civil parish called Messing-cum-Inworth.[4] At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Inworth had a population of 847.[5]