Eckworth Family History

Perhaps from Ickworth (House) near Bury Saint Edmunds (Suffolk), which is recorded as Icceuuorde about 1095. The place-name derives from an Old English personal name *Icca + Old English worð ‘enclosure’.

However, bearers from the 16th and 17th centuries have not been found, and so it is not possible to be certain that the medieval forms below are related to the post-medieval name.

Alternatively, the surname may be a late variant of Ackworth.