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.

Milford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stowford

Historical Forms

  • Melefort 1086 DB
  • Meleford 1242 Fees756
  • Mileford 1303 FA 1333 SR
  • Muleford 1316 FA
  • Milford 1326 Ipm
  • Melleford juxta Liston 1365 FF

Etymology

Probably self-explanatory.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement