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.

Lutsford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Ludekeford 1249 FF
  • Lottekesford 1301 DA
  • Luttekisforde 1319 Exon
  • Luttisford 1570 ParReg

Etymology

'Luttoc 's ford.' This pers. name is not on independent record, but would be a regular derivative of OE  Lutt found in luttes crundel BCS 327 and is found in ME  field-names Luttekeshel (1291) and Luttichesalre (1361) in Devon. Cf. also Lutworthy and Liddington infra 401, 574 and Ailric Lute filius and Lutting as pers. names in the Feudal Book of Abbot Baldwin of Bury (c. 1150).