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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.

Cinderford

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Sinderford, Synderford 1258 Ch c.1275,1282 For 1320 Ass 1612 Comm

Etymology

Cinderford, Sinderford , Synderford 1258 Ch, c. 1275, 1282For , 1320Ass , 1612Comm . 'Ford made of cinders', v. sinder , ford , probably made of slag from iron-smelting. The ford carried a Roman road across Soudley Brook.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement