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.

Galford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lewtrenchard

Historical Forms

  • Galford(e) 1544 SR 1625 FF

Etymology

The first element is probably OE  gafol , 'tax, duty,' perhaps referring to a ford where payment was exacted for passage. The OE  gafol , 'fork,' is unlikely on topographical grounds. There is a ford here but no fork for some 1½ miles.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement