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.

Holyford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

(on) horegan ford 1005 KCD1301 12th

Horryford 1573 ParReg

Horriford 1587 ParReg 1809 M

Etymology

'Dirty ford,' v. horh .The l must be quite recent.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Colyton