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.

oð land scorforð

Field in the Parish of East Orchard

Historical Forms

  • oð land scorforð 963 ShaftR
  • of þane forde 963 ShaftR

Etymology

land scorforð, of þane forde('boundary ford', v. land-scoru, ford)