English Place-name Society

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.

Harford, Harford Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Naunton

Historical Forms

  • on Heortford 716–43 BCS165 11th
  • æt Heortford, to heort forda 963 11th ib
  • Hvrford 1086 DB
  • Hertford 1220 Fees 1285 FF 1287 QW 1327 MinAcct 1435 GR444
  • Herteford 1253 Ch 1400 Ipm
  • Hartefford in Nawenton 1545 LP
  • Hartforde als. Harford 1588 FF
  • Harforde 1610 ib
  • Harforde Bridge 1830 M

Etymology

'Stag ford', v. heorot , ford ; cf. Hartford (Ch), Hartforth (YN 289).