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.

Iford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Iford

Historical Forms

  • Niworde 1086 DB
  • Yford t.Wm2 Lewes 1219 FF
  • Iford(e) 1091–1125 ADA14176 1493 Ipm
  • Iuorda t.Wm2 Lewes
  • Yfford 1263 FF
  • Ifford(e) 1275 FF 1296,1327 SR
  • Iver 1624 MarL
  • Ifoord 1662 FF

Etymology

'Yew-tree ford,' v. iw , ford , or 'ford by the marshland' (v. eg ), cf. Ebernoe supra 104. Iford is a good way from the Ouse itself and we cannot say just which of the numerous watercourses here is referred to.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site