Inworth

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title: "Inworth" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-essex", "former-civil-parishes-in-essex", "borough-of-colchester"] description: "Village in Essex, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-essex" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inworth" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Essex, England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Inworth
civil_parish	Messing-cum-Inworth
country	England
region	East of England
coordinates
shire_district	Colchester
shire_county	Essex
hide_services	Yes
static_image	All Saints Church, Inworth, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 2037753.jpg
static_image_caption	All Saints' Church
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| official_name= Inworth | civil_parish = Messing-cum-Inworth | country= England | region= East of England |coordinates = | os_grid_reference= | post_town= | postcode_area= | postcode_district= | dial_code= | constituency_westminster = | shire_district= Colchester | shire_county= Essex | hide_services= Yes | population = | population_ref = | area_total_km2= |static_image=All Saints Church, Inworth, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 2037753.jpg |static_image_caption=All Saints' Church |website= Inworth is a small village and in the civil parish of Messing-cum-Inworth, in the Colchester district of Essex, England, near to Tiptree.

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").

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.

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

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. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the civil parish), Inworth had a population of 847.

References

References

1. [[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p.265.
2. Messing-cum-Inworth Community Website: [http://messing-cum-inworth-pc.gov.uk/messVill.htm Inworth] {{webarchive. link. (30 May 2009)
3. {{NHLE
4. "Relationships and changes Inworth AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
5. "Population statistics Inworth AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].

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