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.

Shefford Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shefford

Historical Forms

pons ad caput villae de Shefford 1276 Ass

Skegfordbregge 1287 Ass

Etymology

Self-explanatory. The 1287 form shows a curious effort at Scandinavianising the name.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Shefford