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.

Widford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Swinbrook and Widford

Historical Forms

  • Widiforde 1086 DB
  • Wythiford' 1232 Cl
  • Wydeford 1279–80 AD

Etymology

'Ford by the willow tree,' OE  wīðig-ford. Cf. Widley Copse infra .