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.

Girtford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandy

Historical Forms

  • Grutford 1247,1276 Ass
  • Grotford 1247 Ass
  • Grutteford Hy3 BM 1276 Ass 1338 Cl
  • Gretford 1291 Tax 13th ADvi
  • Grotteford 13th ADvi
  • Gyrtford 13th ADvi 1629 BM
  • Gretteford 13th ADvi
  • Gritteforde 1407 ADvi
  • Gyrford, Gurford 1634 BHRSi.259 c.1750 Bowen

Etymology

'Gravel-ford' v. greot , ford .