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.

Wickford

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Quickforth 1610 PR
  • Whickworthe 1614 FF
  • Whickford 1618 PR

Etymology

, Quickforth 1610 PR, Whickworthe 1614 FF, Whickford 1618 PR , ' ford by the quickset hedge ' , v. cwic , ford .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement