Tackford Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Foleshill
Historical Forms
- pontem de Takford c.1350 Rental
- Takford brigge 1411 Coventry
Etymology
Tackford Bridge (6″) is pontem de Takford c. 1350Rental , Takford brigge 1411Coventry . Cf. also Takefordweye t. Hy 3CartMisc , Takkeford , Takfordrudyng 1411Coventry . The forms are too late for any certainty. The probability is that the first element is OE þæc , 'thatch,' and that þæc ford was used of a ford by which thatching-reeds grew. For thack cf. s. n. Thakeham (PN Sx 180). In that name also we have several ME forms with initial t . In Tackford the t (due to AN influence) has maintained itself. Cf. IPN 108–9.