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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whatford Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Watford 1636 ChRR
  • Walford House 1709 LCWills
  • Warford, Warford Farm 1831 Bry 1842 OS
  • Warford Brook 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 109–563821 ) , Watford 1636 ChRR, Walford House 1709 LCWills,Warford , Warford Farm 1831 Bry, 1842 OS, Warford Brook 1831 Bry , from a ford of Keckwick Brook 152supra , at 109 – 565821 , v. ford . The first el . may be vað ' a ford ' . The brook was the lower course of Keckwick Brook and joined R . Mersey .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site