Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wid(e)ford(e) 1248 Ipm 1249 IpmR

• Wid(e)ford(e) in Ponyngton l13 ChF

• Wid(e)fort(he) 1455 MidCh 1481 Dav

• Wyd(e)ford 1276 Cl 1348 Eyre

• Wyd(e)ford in villa de Ponynton 1369 Eyre

• Wyd(e)forde 1350 ib

• Wyd(e)fort 1521 Dow

• Wydyforde 1350 Eyre

• Wodeford 1296 Dav 1376 Eyre

• Wodford 1419 JRL

• Wodforde 1498 ChRR

• Woddefort 1480 Adl

• Wood(e)ford(e) 1430 MidCh 1488 ChRR 1536 Leland

• Wedeford 1349,1417 Orm2 1437 Dav

Etymology

'Ford at a wood', from wudu (earlier OE  widu), and ford . The name is probably that of a crossing of R. Dean at Deanwater Bridge (101–877818).