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.

Lawford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lawford

Historical Forms

  • Lalleford(e) 1045 ASWills 14th RBE 1212 FF 1224 Londin 1334
  • Laleforda, Lalefordā 1086 DB
  • Laleford 1158,1186 P 1202 FF 1253 1255 Ass
  • Lelefordā 1086 DB
  • Leleford 1248 Ass
  • Lalesford 1218 Fees 1291 Tax
  • Lalford(e) (Lawforde Hall) alias Lalf(f)ord(e) (Lawforde) Say(e)s 1540 LP 1572 FF
  • Lawforde 1594 N

Etymology

'Lealla 's ford.' Lealla is an unrecorded pers. name. Cf. PN Sr 197s. n. Leybourne. William Say held the manor of Lawford in 1449 (FF ).