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.

Longford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harmondsworth

Historical Forms

  • Longeford(e) 1294 Ass c.1410 Ct 1431 FF
  • Langeford(e) 1327 FF 1355 Works c.1410 Ct
  • (water called) le Longeforth 1430 FF
  • Lang(e)forth 1430 Pat 1535 VE

Etymology

Self-explanatory.

Places in the same Parish