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.

Toft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Germansweek

Historical Forms

  • La Toffe 1310 Exon
  • Toff 1333 SR
  • Tuffe 1674 FF

Etymology

This is probably the ME  word tuff (e ), tuft (e ), 'tuft, clump, small group of trees or bushes, grassy hillock, etc.,' v. NEDs. v. tuft .Cf. Tuffland infra 268.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement