Editing Worksop (section)

===Etymology===
Worksop was part of what was called Bernetseatte (burnt lands) in Anglo-Saxon times.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/researchframeworks/eastmidlands/attach/County-assessments/NotAngloSaxon.pdf |title=Anglo Saxon Nottinghamshire |work=Archaeology Data Service}}</ref> The name Worksop is likely of [[Old English]] origin, deriving from a personal name "We(o)rc" plus the placename element "hop" (valley). The first element is interesting because while the masculine name Weorc is unrecorded, the feminine name Werca (Verca) is found in [[Bede]]'s ''Life of St Cuthbert''. A number of other recorded place names contain this same personal name element.<ref>The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire Their Origin and Development, Heinrich Mutschmann, Cambridge, 1913</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/places/worksop.htm |title=Worksop|author=Andrew Nicolson|work=Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Nottinghamshire/Worksop|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}</ref>