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.

Ford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Micklemossford 1515 HAS
  • Michelmasseford 1612 MinAcct

Etymology

Ford, 1817, formerly Micklemossford 1515 HAS 4, 35, Michelmasseford 1612MinAcct 21. v. ford 'a ford' and for the first el. v. Mickle Moss infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name