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.

Dadford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stowe

Historical Forms

  • Dodeforde 1086 DB c.1200 HarlCh85C24 1255 For 1284 FA 1320 Ch 1379 Cl
  • Doddeforde 1227,1241 Ass 1242 Fees870 1247 Ass
  • Dudeford c.1200 HarlCh85C24 1291 Tax
  • Dade' 1237 Fees
  • Dodford 1540 LP

Etymology

'Dodda's ford.' The mod. form shows dialectal unrounding of o to a . Introd. xxiii.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site