Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Tuiuorde 1086 DB

• Tuiford' 1162×70 Rut 1179,1180 P 1204,1205 Cur 1233 Cl

• Tuifort Hy2 Dane

• Tuyford 1236 Fees 1258 RHug

• Thuiford' a.1250 Laz 1404

• Thuifort 1247 BM

• Thuyford 1326 Ipm

• Thwiford' 1201 P 1202,1203 ib

• Thwyford 1234 Fees 1346 Pat

• Twiford 1184 Berkeley 1195 P 1196 ChancR 1197 P 1247 Fine 1248 Abbr 1340 IpmR 1404 Laz 1550 Pat 1581 LEpis 1610 Speed

• Twifort m.13 Laz 1404

• Twyford c.1130 LeicSurv 1206 RFinib 1220 MHW 1271 Fine 1276 RH

• Twyfford(e) 1366 Rut 1502 MiscAccts 1539 MinAccts 1580 LEpis

• Twyforde 1300 Ipm 1385 Cl 1473 CCR 1535 VE

• Thwinford' 1204 RFinib

• Thwinford' 1204 RFinib

Etymology

'The double ford', v. twī-, ford . The unique Thwinford '1204 RFinib is formed with the OE adj. twinn 'double, two-fold' rather than with the usual OE  prefix twī - 'double'. Spellings with th for t are the result of AN  orthographical interchange between the symbols th and t for etymological t .