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.

Rodford Withy Bed

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coombe Keynes

Historical Forms

  • Rodeford 1408 Weld1 1416 ib
  • Rodford 1446 Rent
  • place called Rodford c.1628 Strode

Etymology

Rodford Withy Bed (SY 875845), probably Rodeford 1408Weld 1 (p), 1416ib , Rodford 1446Rent , place called Rodford c. 1628Strode , 'reedy ford', v. hrēod , ford ; on Luckford Lake (v. RNs.) but there is no ford marked here now.