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.

Ebford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodbury

Historical Forms

  • Ebworthy in the parish of Wadbury 1465 Pat
  • Ebworthie 1525 AOMB
  • Ebbeford c.1630 Pole

Etymology

'Ebba 's worþig.' The modern form may have been influenced by the fact that the Clyst here is fordable at ebb tide.