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.

Twyford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Twyford

Historical Forms

  • Tuiford' 1170 P
  • Thuiforde Hy2 Gaimar
  • Twiford' 1224–5 Ass
  • Twyvorde 1327 SR
  • Twyfold 1332 ib
  • Twyford 1332,1334 ib
  • Twyforde 1377 ib
  • Twhiford 1430 Fine

Etymology

'Double ford', v. twī-, ford , a common name, for some other examples of which v. DEPN. The road from Reading has to cross two branches of the R. Loddon here.

Places in the same Parish