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.

Ford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stretton

Historical Forms

  • Forda c.1180 Taylor 1226 ClR
  • Forthe 1558–79 ChancP

Etymology

Ford, Forda c. 1180Taylor , 1226 ClR, Ford (e )1227, 1245, (La ) Ford (e )1254 FFet passim , Forthe 1558–79 ChancP. v. ford .