Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• campo de Treford late12th Riev

• Treford 1301 ib

• Trefford 1235×6 Ass 1336,1367,1441 IPM

• Trefford-Hill 1529 SurteesIII208

• Trefforth 1382 Hatf

• Trafford 1350 Rot 1509,1511,1527 IPM 1649 NbDu

• Trafford alias Trefford 1451×2,1475,1498 IPM

• Trafforde alias Trefforde 1548 ib

• Traffordfield 1607 IPM

• Traffordfeild 1620 ib

• Trafford alias Trafford Hill alias Trafford Field 1622 SurteesIII208

• Trafford Hill 1751 EP/Eg

• Trafford Hill or Trefford Hill 1857 Fordyce

• Trafforthcliffe 1429 Riev

• Straffordfeld (sic) 1556 IPM

Etymology

'Tree ford', OE  trēow + ford. A ford marked by or beside a prominent tree, cf. Treyford West Sussex SU 8218, Treverde 1086, Treford 1272, 1279, 1428 PNSx 43, possibly a stream-crossing made from the trunk of a tree, and Bamford Derbyshire SK 2083, Banford 1086, Baumford 1225–1501 PNDb 39, and Lancashire SD 8613, Baunford 1282, Bamford 1322 PNLa 54, OE  bēam 'a tree'.