Origins of Name

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The Oxford Names Companion:
Dictionary of Surnames:
Cullingworth English (Yorks.): Habitation name from a place in West Yorkshire, originally in Old English as the 'enclosure of the people of Cula'.

Dictionary of British Place-Names:
Cullingworth W.Yorks. Colingauuorde 1086 (DB): 'Enclosure of the family or followers of a man called Cula (Old English personal name + -inga- + worth)
Click HERE for information from the West Yorkshire Archaeology Service's report on the Cullingworth Conservation Area