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.

Hapsford, Hapsford Hall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thornton le Moors

Historical Forms

  • Happesford 1216–72 Orm2 1302 Plea
  • Happesford 1641 Orm2
  • Heppysford 13 AD
  • Apeford 1316 ChRR
  • Happeford 1357 BPR
  • Harpesford 1317 ChRR (p), Eyre, Plea with variant spellings Harpesforde, Harpsforde
  • Harpsford 1671 Sheaf
  • Hape(s)feld 1347 ChFor
  • Hapsford 1348 ChFor 1357 Barnes1
  • Hapsford Hall 1724 NotCestr
  • Happsford 1673 Mere
  • Hoppesford 1384 AD
  • Heapsford 1612 Orm2

Etymology

'Hæp's ford', from an OE  pers.n. Hæp and ford, cf. DEPN.