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.

Henceford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thelbridge

Historical Forms

He(n)gsteford 1281 Ass 1285 FA

Northengesteford 1311 Ass

Southheyngsteford juxta Wytherigge 1322 Ass

Etymology

'Stallion ford,' v. hengest .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Thelbridge