Wallingford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Wallingford
Historical Forms
- Welengaford c.895 Alfred'sOrosius
- (æt) Welingaforda c.895 BCS565 12th
- (to) Wælingforda c.915 ASCharters 16th
- (æt) Wealingaforda 1003–4 ASWills c.1240
- (to) Wealingaforda 1013 ASC m.11th ASC 1006 c.1100
- (to) Wealungaforda 1013 ASC c.1100
- (on) Wallingeforde 1065–6 ASWrits l.13th
- Warengeforth c.1070 WilliamofJumiéges 12th
- Walingeford, Walengeford, Walengefort, Warengeford 1086 DB
- Warengefort c.1110 Bodl l.12th ReadingC
- Walingef' 1152,3 BMFacs 1334 Winchester 14th
- Waregeford 1157 P
- Waligeford 1185 RR
- Warengheford c.1195 Gor
- Walingheford c.1200 Oxoniensiav 1204–15 Os 1212 Fees
- Wallingeford' 1201 Cur 1227 FF
- Walengford 1148–55 Thame c.1200 Fees 1212 FF 1230–1
- Walin(g)ford c.1180 Thame c.1200
- Walingford' 1201,1204 OblR
- Wallingford 1208–9 Abbr
- Wallyngford 1517 DInc
- Galengeford 1185 Os
- Walynforde 1326 Winchester 14th
- Walynford 1370 Os
Etymology
'The ford of Wealh's people', v. -inga-, ford , and Introd. The forms with War - are due to French influence, v. IPN 106–7. If Welingaforda in the bounds of Cholsey and Moulsford in BCS 565 (v. Pt 3) refers to the actual ford, this was where Bradford's Brook flows into the Thames, opposite Newnham Fm O, ½ mile S. of Wallingford Bridge. There is no modern road on this route.