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.

Wayford Bridge

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stapleton

Historical Forms

  • Weyvord 1586 PR(L)
  • Weyfforde Brydge 1612 LDR
  • Wayford 1614 PR(L) 1681 LDR
  • Weiford 1626 PR(L)
  • Weavord Gate 1685 LDR
  • Wayford Farm 1730 LDR
  • Wayford Lessow 1693 LDR

Etymology

WAYFORD BRIDGE, 1726LDR , Weyvord 1586 PR(L) 6, Weyfforde Brydge 1612LDR , Wayford 1614 PR(L) 6, 1681LDR , Weiford 1626 PR(L) 6, Weavord Gate 1685LDR , Wayford Farm 1730LDR . TA has N. and S . Wayford Hill and Big and Little Wayford Leasow (Wayford Lessow 1693LDR ). VCH VIII 162 cites refs. to Sybil de Wayford in 1353 and to a smithy here in 1356. VCH VIII31 says that the Shrewsbury/Hereford road was described as from Wayford to Shrewsbury in 1466. v. weg , ford : the road crosses a tributary of the Cound.