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.

Latherford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shareshill

Historical Forms

  • Lod(d)er(e)ford 13th Hatherton 1343to1511 Vernon
  • Lodresford 1358 PlR
  • Loddersford 1300 OpenFds

Etymology

Latherford, Lod (d )er (e )ford 13th Hatherton, 1343 to 1511Vernon , Lodresford 1358 PlR, Loddersford 1300 OpenFds (v. VCH v, 178), Lad (d )erford 1534Ct , Lotherford 1442Vernon to 1552Ct , Latherford 1528–47Vernon to 1834 O, cf. Lotherfordeswey 1441Vernon (v. weg ), Lotherf (f )ord (e )brok (e )1550, 1552Ct (v. brōc ), le Latherfordepole 1547Vernon (v. pol 1 ) and f.ns. (a ), 'the ford which beggars used', v. loddere , ford ; v. EPN 2, 26.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement