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.

Taleford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ottery St Mary

Historical Forms

  • tælen ford 1061 Ottery 1227
  • Taleford 1330 SR

Etymology

tælen ford 1061 (1227) Ottery , Taleford 1330SR (p), 1612 (F. R.-T.), 'ford over the river Tale' (supra 13).