Hatford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Hatford
Historical Forms
- Hevaford 1086 DB
- Hauetford 1176 P
- Hauedford 1220 Fees
- Haufordia 1234 Bract c.1250
- Hauford' 1284 Ass
- Hafford' 1242–3 Fees 1284 Ass
- Hautford 1294 SR 1428 FA
- Hawteforde al Hatford 1573 BM
- Hatford als Hawtford 1713 PubLib 1753 ArchJ
Etymology
This is a compound of OE hēafod 'head, headland', and ford.Ekwall (DEPN) translates it 'ford by a hill', and W. J. Arkell (Oxoniensia vii, 6) says that the reference is 'to the little projecting plateau on which the village stands'. The ford is a crossing-place on Frogmore Brook, a little higher than the one from which Stanford 398 is named.