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.

Shafford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Michaels

Historical Forms

  • Sheldeford c.1250 StAlbansJ
  • Schaldeford 1294 1513 Verulam

Etymology

Shafford Fm is Sheldeford c. 1250StAlbansJ , Schaldeford 1294SR (p), FF , 1513 Verulam, Shellford Crofts 1516, Shalfords Crofts 1523, Shawfoord 1554, Shafforde Meade 1607 ib. 'Shallow ford,' v. sceald .