Ketford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Pauntley
Historical Forms
- Chitiford 1086 DB
- Ketifort 1200,1220 GlR
- Ketiford 1225 Hopt 13 Misc 1248 Ass 1258,1280–90 Newent44,68d
- Kediford, (e) 1278 Newent8 1287,1293 Ipm
- Ket(t)ford Hy3 BM 1318 FF 1631 PR
- cytanford 1005 KCD714
Etymology
Derived by Ekwall from OE cȳtan -ford 'ford haunted by a kite' (v. cȳta , ford , and cf. OE cytanford 1005 KCD 714 in Sr). But it could equally well be 'Cydda's ford' from the OE pers.n. Cyd (d )a .The regular lowering of e.ME -i - to -e - would perhaps favour the latter; the frequent medial -i - may represent OE gen.sg. -an (cf. Phonol. § 49); medial -t - would be an assimilation of -d - before the following voiceless -f -.