Wyvern Pond
Early-attested site in the Parish of Woolaston
Historical Forms
- on twyfyrd, of twyfyrde 956 BCS927 12th
- Twyford c.1245 Ch 1307
- Wyeford Pond 1830 M
Etymology
Wyvern Pond, on twyfyrd , of twyfyrde 956 (12th) BCS 927, Twyford c. 1245 (1307) Ch, Wyeford Pond 1830 M. 'The double ford', v. twī-, fyrde . The name refers to the crossing by the Roman road to South Wales of the two streams, Piccadilly Brook and Black Brook, which unite in the pond. Twyford Hundred (263supra ) was named from it. Initial T - is lost through a wrong analysis of the phrase at Twyford (Phonol. § 45).