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.

Radford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Radford

Historical Forms

  • Redeford 1086 DB
  • Radeford 1108 Ch 1316 FF 1316
  • Radefort c.1200 Wollaton
  • Radefort juxta Notyngham 1316 FF
  • Radford 1209 1226 Ebor
  • Rafford 1225 Pat

Etymology

'Red ford,' v. read . So named from the red sandstone here, cf. Radcliffe and Ratcliffe infra 240, 248, not far distant.

Places in the same Parish