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==Toponymy== The place-name Workington is first attested in an [[Anglo-Saxon charter]] of 946, as ''Wurcingtun''. It appears as ''Wirchingetona'' in about 1150, meaning "the town or settlement of Weorc or Wirc's people". The "Work" element is therefore derived from a person's name.<ref>[[Eilert Ekwall]], ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', p. 534.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Workington |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Cumberland/Workington |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=University of Nottingham |access-date=19 May 2025}}</ref>
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