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.

Wormingford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wormingford

Historical Forms

  • Widemondefort 1086 DB
  • Widmundeford 1235 Ass
  • Wiwermunde(s)ford 1190 P
  • Widremunde(s)ford, Wydremunde(s)ford 1198 Colch 1253 Ch
  • Withermunde(s)ford, Wythermunde(s)ford 1221–84 FF 1250–82 Bodl t.Hy3 Misc
  • Wyzermunde(s)ford 1234 AD 1248 Ass
  • Wytermunde(s)ford 1238 SR t.Hy3 BM
  • Wisermunde(s)ford 1265 Misc
  • Wesermunde(s)ford 1275 BM
  • Wythermondford 1383 Ch
  • Wilmudeford' 1203 Cur
  • Whythermondeford, Wychermondeford, Wymundeford, Wymondeford 1254 Ass
  • Wyre(e)mund(es)ford, Wir(e)mund(es)ford 1254 Ass 1258 Ipm 1260 FF 1284–90 Bodl
  • Wir(e)mund(es)feud 1254 Ass
  • Wer(e)mundeford, Wer(e)mondesford t.Hy3 BM 1274 Cl
  • Wyrmondford t.Hy3 BM
  • Wormond(e)ford 1254 Ass 1332 Orig 1333 Fine
  • Wirthmundeford 13th BM
  • Wythmunddeford 1291 Tax
  • Wyrethmondeford 1302 Ipm 1306 Cl
  • Wermedford 1325 FF 1332
  • Wethermonford 1328 Ch
  • Wythermanford 1360 IpmR
  • Withermo(o)nford 1372 IpmR 1428 FA
  • Withermountford 1623–30 BM
  • Warmyngford 1459–65 ECP
  • Wermyngford 1460 Pat
  • Wormyngworth 1497 Ipm
  • Wormyngworthfeld 1522 FF
  • Wormingford(e) 1535 VE
  • Whitmanford or Withermonford 1594 N
  • Worminford 1678 Ogilby

Etymology

'Wiðermund 's ford.' This pers. name is not on record in OE  but is a regularly formed compound of themes found in Wiðerwine and Widmund .