The Toft
Early-attested site in the Parish of Sharnbrook
Historical Forms
- Toft(e) 1279 RH 1331 QW
- Taft 1804 Smith
Etymology
v. topt . It is noteworthy that this place shares with Toft (C) the honour of being one of the two most southerly examples of this element in English place-names. While it is not as a rule definite evidence for Scandinavian settlement, for it was a common ME word, it is perhaps worthy of note that it is found in the same parish as Francroft supra 41. See further, Introd. xix.