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.

Pyrford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pyrford

Historical Forms

  • æt Pyrianforda 956 BCS955 c.1250
  • Piriford 1067 BM 1100–7 Crispin
  • Pyryford 1263 Ass
  • Pireford, Pyreford t.Hy3 For 1255,1279 Ass c.1270 Winton
  • Peliforde 1086 DB
  • Perford 1175 P
  • Periford 1370 WAM 1372 SR
  • Puriford t.Hy3 For
  • Puryford 1275,1309 FF
  • Pureford 1317 FF
  • Pyrpherde t.Eliz Musters
  • Pyrford 1573 ib

Etymology

'Ford marked by a pear tree,' v. pyrige , ford . There is an ancient passage over the Wey here.