Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Lang(e)ford(e) 12,1100–35 Tewk71d,83d 1107 Ch 1300 Abbr 1208 GlR c.1210–1306 Fees 1220 Surv c.1560

• Long(e)ford(e) 12 Glouc 1137 Monast c.1200–1310 GlR c.1200,c.1210 Godstow 1216–18 Glouc 1303 FA 1702 PR

• Long(e)ford(e) iuxta Gloucestre 1338 FF

• Lonkeford c.1210 Godstow

Etymology

'The long ford', v. lang , ford . The Roman road from Gloucester to Worcester here crosses Horsbere Brook.