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.

Dipford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Deppaforda 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Depeforde
  • Deopeforð 12th Bath
  • Depeford 1238 Ass
  • Dup(e)ford 1303,1346 FA

Etymology

'Deep ford.'