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Woodford Hall & Woodford Lodge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Wodeford 1217–32,1225 VR 1500 et freq
  • (pons de) Woodford 1338 ib
  • Woodford 1612 Orm2
  • Woodford in Over 1558–79 ChancP
  • Woodford Brook 1671 Sheaf
  • Woodford Hall 1555 ib
  • the ford of Vernun 1217–32 VR

Etymology

Woodford Hall & Woodford Lodge (110–627649), Wodeford 1217–32, 1225 VRet freq with variant spellings Wod (e )ford , Wud (e )ford , Wodefordd , Wodeforde , Wodefort (h )e to 1500 ib, (pons de ) Woodford 1338 ib, Woodford 1612 Orm2et freq with variants Woodforde , Woodfort ; Woodford in Over 1558–79 ChancP (Barnes1 431), Woodford Brook 1671 Sheaf, Woodford Hall 1555 ib, cf. Wodefordefurde 1312–18 ib, Wodefordfeld 1373 ib, 187 infra , 'ford at, or in, a wood', from wudu and ford , with brōc (v. Poolstead Brook infra ), hall , ford , feld and loge . Cf. Woodford Lane infra .Near Woodford, and, perhaps identical with it, was the ford of Vernun 1217–32 VR, from Vernon the surname of a great Ch family, landowners hereabouts.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site