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.

Rushford Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chagford

Historical Forms

  • Risfort 1086 DB
  • Risford 1242 Fees785
  • Rissheford 1292 Ass
  • Russheford 1504 Ipm

Etymology

Self-explanatory.