| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Red Lion, Plawsworth - geograph.org.uk - 351767.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The Red Lion, Plawsworth |
| Official Name: | Plawsworth |
| Coordinates: | 54.825°N -1.591°W |
| Civil Parish: | Kimblesworth and Plawsworth |
| Unitary England: | County Durham |
| Lieutenancy England: | Durham |
| Region: | North East England |
| Constituency Westminster: | North Durham |
| Post Town: | CHESTER LE STREET |
| Postcode District: | DH2 |
| Postcode Area: | DH |
| Dial Code: | 0191 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NZ263479 |
Plawsworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kimblesworth and Plawsworth, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Sacriston, on the A167 between Durham and Chester-le-Street. In 1961 the parish had a population of 1570.[1]
The name Plawsworth appears to be derived from the Old English for "games enclosure", from plega ("play, sport") + worð ("enclosure"). Or else, the first element may be a personal name *Plega, giving the name a meaning of "Plega's enclosure".[2]
Plawsworth was formerly a township in the parish of Chester-le-Street,[3] from 1866 Plawsworth was a civil parish in its own right,[4] on 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished added to the parish of "Kimblesworth & Plawsworth".[5]