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.

Widford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Swinbrook and Widford

Historical Forms

Widiforde 1086 DB

Wythiford' 1232 Cl

Wydeford 1279–80 AD

Etymology

'Ford by the willow tree,' OE wīðig-ford. Cf. Widley Copse infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Swinbrook