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.

Witchford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Witchford

Historical Forms

  • Wiceford(e) 1086 DB
  • Wicceford 1086 InqEl 1170 LibEl
  • Wiccheforđ, Wicheford(a), Wicheforð 1086 InqEl
  • Wicheford(e), Wycheford(e) c.1120 LibEl 1467 FF
  • Wycheford(e) infra Insulam de Ely 1298 Ass
  • Wychefurth 1553 EAix
  • Wicford, Wichforda 1086 InqEl
  • Wich(e)ford(e), Wych(e)ford(e) 1138 ElyD 1499 Ipm
  • Wichford cum Wynteworth 1336 SR
  • Witchford 1335 Sacr
  • Wieceforda, Wichdford 1086 InqEl

Etymology

'Ford by the wych elm(s),' v. wice , ford .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site