English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lumford Mill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • Lompforde Hy3,Ed1 BelCh
  • Lumforde c.1290 ib
  • Loumfort c.1310 ib

Etymology

Lumford Mill (6″), Lompforde Hy 3, Ed 1BelCh , Lumforde c. 1290 ib, Loumfort c. 1310 ib. 'Ford in a woody valley', v. lum(m), ford , the first element being apparently dial. lum which enters into several names in the county and which is also evidenced from La and WRY.Its meaning is 'woody valley, deep pool in a river'. Pegge (42) notes the use of the word in Db as 'a small wood or grove'.