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.

Marford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wheathampstead

Historical Forms

  • (fram) mærforde, (into) marforde c.1060 WDB
  • Marford(e) 1151–66 Gesta 1169,1272–7,1392 WAM 1294 SR 1327 Banco
  • Marforde Brigg 1423 Annales
  • Mareford wyke 1427 Cassio

Etymology

Marford is (fram ) mærforde , (into ) marforde c. 1060WDB , Marford (e )1151–66 Gesta, 1169, 1272–7, 1392WAM , 1294SR (p), 1327 Banco (p), Marforde Brigg 1423 Annales, Mareford wyke 1427Cassio . 'Boundary ford,' v. (ge)mære, wic . It is on the boundary between Wheathampstead and Sandridge.