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.

Toft

Major Settlement in the Parish of Toft

Historical Forms

  • Toft(e) 1086 InqEl
  • Toft juxta Cumberton 1314 FF
  • Toft juxta Kingstone 1316 FA
  • Toft cum Herdwik 1334 Ct
  • Tofth 1086 DB
  • Tost(a) 1086 ICC, InqEl
  • Topht 1279 RH
  • Toftes 1086 InqEl 1170 LibEl 1246,1314 FF
  • Thof(f)tes 1170 LibEl 1493 Ipm
  • Thoft(e) 13th Ely 1235 Cl 1302 FA
  • Thofth t.Hy3 Ipm

Etymology

'Small homestead,' v. topt .

Places in the same Parish

None