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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.

Lawford Nursery, Lowford Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Writtle

Historical Forms

  • Lawefordbridge 1543 MinAcct
  • Low(e)forde(bridge) 1548 EASxiv 1549 Pat
  • Lauford Bridge ib.

Etymology

Lawford Nursery, Lowford Lane (6″) is Lol (le )forde 1263, 1292, de ponte de Lol (le )forde 1320Takeley , 1548 EAS xiv, 1549 Pat, Lawefordbridge 1543MinAcct , Low (e )forde (bridge )1548 EAS xiv, 1549 Pat, Lauford Bridge ib. The forms are insufficient for any interpretation to be possible.