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.

Walford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Plympton St Mary

Historical Forms

  • Waleforda 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Waliforde
  • Waleford 1242 Fees794 1303 FA
  • Wyleford 1285 FA
  • Wallesford 1346 FA
  • Walford 1428 FA

Etymology

'Ford of the Britons,' v. wealh .