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.

Twyford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Twyford and Stenson

Historical Forms

  • Tuiford(e) 1086 DB c.1141,1162 Tutbury 1206 Abbr 1206 Cur 1253 Tutbury 1364 Brookhill
  • Twiford(e), Twyford(e) 1207 Abbr 1208 Cur 1208,1209 FF c.1240 Darley 1243 Fees 1255 BurtAn

Etymology

'Double ford', v. twī-, ford .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement