Upper Dornford Fm and Lower Dornford Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wootton
Historical Forms
- Deorneford 777 BCS222 12th
- Derneford' c.1100 EHRxlviii late12th Cl 1401
- Dernford 1428 FA
- Daerneford 1109 Eynsh
- Darneford 1159–62 Eynsh
- Darneford' c.1160 RegAntiquiss
- Darnefford 1471 Eynsh
- Darnford 1676 Plot
- Denneford 1220 Fees
- Deneford 1368 Cl
- Durneford' 1268 Ass
- Danford 1606–7 Survey
Etymology
'Hidden ford,' v. d(i)erne. The change to -o – is evidently a late one.The river-name Dorn is a back-formation. The name occurs also in Finstock (422) and Sandford on Thames (187).