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.

Great Fulford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dunsford

Historical Forms

  • Folefort 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Folefort
  • Fuleford 1242 Fees785
  • Foleford 1275 RH 1402 Exon

Etymology

'Dirty ford,' v. ful .