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.

Godford Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Awliscombe

Historical Forms

Codefort 1206 ClR

Godeford 1227 Ch 1465 BM

Goddeford 1285 FA

Goddeford juxta Aulescomb 1304 Ass

Etymology

'Gōda 's ford.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Awliscombe