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.

Arnford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Long Preston

Historical Forms

  • Erneford 1086 DB
  • Arneford(e) 12,1219–1252 Font 1197 P 1198 Fount 1218 FF 1303 BM 1589 FF
  • Arneford(e) in Crauen 1223 Sawl116d
  • Arnefurth Hy1 Whit 1535 VE
  • Arnaforthiam l.12 Font
  • Harnford l.12 Sawl5
  • Arnford 1457 FountBurs 1461 Vyner
  • Arnforth 1586 FF

Etymology

'Ford which can be crossed by riding', v. ærne , ford . The site of the ford is not known but was presumably one across the R. Ribble, probably near Arnford Wood or further north where it is now crossed by Cow Bridge (160infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site