Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Corneford c.1116 DEC 1196 P c.1200(p),1208×10 Fees 1235×6etfreqto1363×4 GD c.1240 Spec 1242×3 Ass 1309 Spec 1313 RPD c.1325×50 Spec 1429,c.1450 Ct

• Corneford' 12th Finc 1183 BB c.1320 Pipe 1197 Rav a.1280 RPD 1303

• Corn'ford c.1240 Spec 15th

• Corneforde 1280etfreqto1338 GD

• Cornford 1183 BB c.1320 BB 1183 GD c.1382 IPM c.1292 Hatf 1326(p),1343,1344 1382

• Cornford' 1183 BB c.1320 Forcer 1434,1346

• Corneforth 1382 Hatf 1385 Rot 1471 IPM 1647 ParlSurv

• Cornforth 1382 Hatf 15th Spec 1417 IPM 1418 Lang 1432,1474 IPM 1721 HC/CB70 1839 TA

• Cornforthe 1631×2 IPM

• Township of Cornforthe 1647 ParlSurv 1717 NCB/1/D/64

• Cornes' 1182 BB c.1320

• Cornfurth 1501,1531 IPM

• Cornefurth 1510 Ct

• Cronforth 1675 Ogilby

• Cranford 1286 PND 82, 120

Etymology

'Crane ford, ford frequented by cranes or herons', OE  corn, genitive pl. corna , + ford . Identical with Cranford Devon SS 3421, Cranford 1275 and SS 5420, Cranford 1286 PND 82, 120, Middlesex TQ 1076, Cranford 1086 etc. PNMx 32, and Northamptonshire SP 9277, Craneford 1086 etc. PNNp 180. The metathesised form corn for cran 'a crane', the usual form, is found apart from here in Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, Lancashire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.