Iford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Iford
Historical Forms
- Niworde 1086 DB
- Yford t.Wm2 Lewes 1219 FF
- Iford(e) 1091–1125 ADA14176 1493 Ipm
- Iuorda t.Wm2 Lewes
- Yfford 1263 FF
- Ifford(e) 1275 FF 1296,1327 SR
- Iver 1624 MarL
- Ifoord 1662 FF
Etymology
'Yew-tree ford,' v. iw , ford , or 'ford by the marshland' (v. eg ), cf. Ebernoe supra 104. Iford is a good way from the Ouse itself and we cannot say just which of the numerous watercourses here is referred to.