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.

Walford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Baschurch

Historical Forms

  • Waleford 1086 DB 1255-6 Ass
  • Waleforde 1307 HAC
  • Walleforde 1201 HAC 1428 FA
  • Walford 1203 HAC 1333,75 Cl 1542 SBL4462
  • Welleforde c.1217 HAC
  • Welleford 1271-2 Ass
  • Wallford 1609 SBL17410

Etymology

'Ford by a spring'; wælls is the WMidl form of OE  well, wella , welle , which usually means 'spring' in place-names.