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.

Ford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Damarel

Historical Forms

  • la Forde 1238 Ass
  • atte Forde 1333 SR

Etymology

The ford was over a creek of the Hamoaze.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement