Avisford Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Walberton
Historical Forms
- Anesford (sic) 1253 ADii
- Avesforde 1331 ADiii
Etymology
For additional forms of a similar character, v. Avisford Hundred supra 136. An OE pers. name Afa or Eafa is well established and so is the diminutive form Aefic derived from it (Redin 80, 150). Avisford is possibly from OE Æficesford or, if the date of the early Pipe Roll form (v. supra 136) is against that, we may take the name to be an unrecorded Aefi .