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.

Hankford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bulkworthy

Historical Forms

Hanecheforda 1086 DB

Hanekeford 1313 Ass

Hankford 1458 IpmR

Etymology

'Haneca 's ford' (over the Torridge). Cf. Hankham (PN Sx 447).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Bulkworthy