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.

Huntford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lifton

Historical Forms

  • Hunteneford 1299 DA 1333 SR
  • Hunt(a)ford 1677,1750 Recov

Etymology

'The huntsmen's ford.' Cf. Huntingford (Gl), huntena forda BCS 764.