Lapford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lapford
Historical Forms
- Eslapaforda 1086 DB(Exon)
- Slapeforda
- Lapeford 1107 Ch 1300
- Lappeford(e) 1238 Ass 1285 FA 1291 Tax 1296 Ipm
- Lappiford 1350 Ipm
- Loppeford 1434 Exon
- Lapford 1272 Ipm 1303 FA 1327 Pat
Etymology
Blomé (64) interprets this name as OE lēapa -ford , 'ford marked by leaps,' i.e. baskets or weels for catching fish. Professor Ekwall notes the DB form with s and suggests the pers. name Hlappa . Cf. s. n. Lapland supra 300.