Welford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Welford
Historical Forms
- (æt) Welig forda, (to) Weligforda 949 contemporary ib
- (æt) Weligforda 956 c.1200 ib
- Waliford 1086 DB
- Walifort, Waliford Hy1 ClaudiusCix c.1200
- Wali(g)ford c.1200 ClaudiusCix
- Waleford' 1284 Ass
- Weliford' 1167 P
- Weleford' 1178 ib
- Welif' 1220 Fees
- Weliford 1230 Pat
- Welleford' 1272 Os 1284 Ass
- Weleford 1275–6 RH 1284 Ass
- Weleforde 1316 FA
- Welford 1386 Fine
Etymology
'Willow ford', from welig and ford . The place is on the R. Lambourn. BCS 366 is spurious.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Alder's Copse
- Barn Copse
- Baydon Rd
- Benham Burslot
- Benham Border, Benham Grange, Benham Fm
- Blindman's Border
- Board Lane
- Breach Barn
- Buck's Copse
- Easton Copse
- Elton Lane, Elton Wd
- Field's Copse
- Five Bells P.H.
- Francis Copse
- Glebe Fm
- Grey's Copse
- The Grove, Grove Border
- Halfway, Halfway Fm, Halfway P.H.
- Harrod's Barn, Harrod's Border
- Hell Pit
- Highwood Copse
- Hoe Benham, Hoe Benham Lane
- Home Fm
- King's Barn
- Mantclose Barn, Mantclose Copse
- Milton Lodge
- New Barn
- Newground Border
- Ninnock's Border
- Paine's Copse
- Pound's Border
- Queen's Plantation
- Red Ho
- The Rookery
- Royal Ground Border
- Rubbish Border
- Ryelands Border
- Scroggin's Copse
- Shirley's Copse
- Showells
- Sole Border, Sole Common, Sole Plantation
- South Barn
- Stogdale Copse
- Stony Croft
- Tithe Barn
- Tullock Fm, Tullock Border, Tullock Bottom
- Wadling's Border
- Welford Fm
- Welford Park
- Welford Wds
- Weston Fm, Weston Mill
- Wickham Green, Wickhamgreen Fm
- The Wilderness
- Woodlands Barn
Field
- Barn Close
- Bells Mdw
- Birch Close
- Black Close
- The Blackney Piece
- Blacksmiths Mead
- Blondy Mdw
- Long Bottom
- Broad Close ( Brodeclose )
- Broom Fd
- Burrough Fd
- Butters Piece
- Cockle Croft
- Coppice Close ( Coppes )
- North Cox Hill
- Cunnygaw Hill
- Dean Close
- Door Close
- Dry Mdw
- East Fd
- Farm Ground
- Furze Ground
- Gravel Close
- Gravel Pit Lot
- Little Green
- The Grubbed Ground
- Haycot
- Hill Beans
- Hog Plot
- Holly Bush
- Inn Mdw
- Jail Bird
- Key Close
- Kiln Ground
- Kites Hill
- Lane Close
- Long Leach
- Lime Tree Piece
- Upper Lot
- Longwood Green
- Luckeridge ( s )
- The Marsh
- Milk Close
- Mill Close
- North Fd
- Old Lane
- Old Peat Mdw
- Old Sainfoin Piece
- Ox Leaze
- Parkgate Marsh
- Parsons Piece
- Partridge Piece
- Pear Tree Close
- Pit Close
- Pond Plot
- Pound Close
- Red Lands
- Red Lands Hill
- River Pasture
- Round Close
- Sadlers Hill
- South Croft ( Southcrofte )
- South Fd
- Water Mdw ( Watermede )
- Wemham Grounds
- Western Bottom
- Western Mdw
- West Fd
- White Close
- Willow Bed Mead
- Andros Breche
- Aucke Groue
- The Beche Close
- Brandies Mede
- Brians
- The Brode Downe
- The Broke Close
- The Bryerye Groue
- The Busshe Groue and Close
- The Busshey Lez
- Le Cattesmarshe
- Chaldecote Chalcote Corner
- Chalkecroft Cop ' Chalcrofte The Chalkecrofte
- The Claper
- The Cowe Close
- Cowlese
- Depeclose
- Donts Close
- Downe
- Est Mede
- The Ferney Close
- The Furdermede
- Fursy Lease Close
- Galdcrofte
- The Greate Mede
- Grenche Slade
- Hard Meade
- Hemparock
- Le Hethe
- Hill Crofte
- The Hitchyng
- The Home Mede
- Horse Heyse
- Hulleacr '
- Hurde Welle
- Le Ilandis
- The Inner Mershe
- June Mede
- The Kerdeclose
- Kettis Close
- Kytchine Close
- The Landewe
- Lande Mede
- Litle Downe
- Le Litle Feld
- The Litle Mede
- The Litle Groue
- Locklynche
- Long Close
- The Long Groue
- The Long Mede
- The Malte Close
- Martens Close and Groue
- The Mawry
- Mede Close
- The More Mede
- Morye Cop '
- The Nells
- The Nether Close
- Northclose
- The Northe Groue
- Le Northwode
- Okeland Cop '
- Okes
- Okes Coppes
- The Over Close
- Poghole
- The Pounde
- Racke Heyse
- Rawlyns Grove
- ( on ðan ) readan hane
- Ristone
- Roundewell
- Rugworth Cop '
- Russheparrock
- Southdoune
- Southwode
- Le Stewe
- Still Close
- Le Stitche
- Stonan Coppies
- Stonye Cop '
- Stuble
- Sydweye
- Triks Worth
- Walands
- Webhey
- Welclose
- Welford Butts
- Westclose
- Westlande Mede
- Le West Mede
- Wewescrofte
- The Whe ( a ) te Close
- Le Wood
- Muchel Yerden
- The Yardes
- The Younder Medowe