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.

Splatford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kenn

Historical Forms

  • Sprotford 1333 SR
  • Spratford 1631 Recov

Etymology

The first element is OE  sprot , 'sprout, twig, peg,' used also of a coarse kind of rush. v. BT Supplt s. v. sprott . The term still survives in dialect.