Alfold
Major Settlement in the Parish of Alfold
Historical Forms
- Alfold 1227 Cl
- Alfaude 1229 FF c.1270 Winton
- Alfalde 1291 Tax
- Alefaude 1263 Ass 1316 Winton
- Eldefolde 1257 FF
- Altfaud 1263 Ass
- Altfold 1297 Ipm
- Aldefold 1279 Ass 1304 Winton 1313 Ass
- Aldefalde 1309 Cl
- Aldefeld 1314 Ipm
- Aldfold 1313 FF 1332 Ipm 1495 FF
- Alfold(e) 1279 Ass 1499 FF
- Allfolde 1570 FF
- Affolde 1586 SR
- Awfold 1601 FF 1664 SR
Etymology
'The old fold,' v. fal(o)d. Cf. Old Fold in South Mimms (Mx)Eldefolde 1294Ass . For Elde -, v. Introd. xxiii.