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.

Duxford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinton Waldrist

Historical Forms

  • Dudochesforde 1086 DB
  • Dudekesford' 1221 Cur 1221–2 FF
  • Dudekesforde c.1235 Godstow c.1450
  • Dukeswurd', Dokeswurd' 1196 P
  • Dukesford 1246–7 FF
  • Duthkesford' 1247–8 Ass
  • Dedekesford', Doggekeford, Doddekeford, Dodekeford (p), Dodeskeford' 1284 Ass
  • Dodekelesford 1316 FA
  • Duxford 1761 Rocque

Etymology

'Duduc's ford'. The ford (in the Thames) is marked on the 1″ map. Duxford Ca (Ca 92–3) contains a different pers.n.