Defford
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield
Historical Forms
- Desford (sic for Defford) 1338 DodsN
- Defford 1392 MinAcct
- Depford 1462,1492 1500 Pat
- Disforth, Disford 1709 WMB
- Deffers 1764 Glebe
Etymology
Defford (lost), Desford (sic for Defford )1338 DodsN, Defford 1392MinAcct 88, Depford 1462, 1492 ib, 1500 Pat, Disforth , Disford 1709 WMB, Deffers 1764Glebe . 'Deep ford', v. dēop , ford , cf. Defford Wo 194 for a similar development of form. The ford across the Calder was opposite Kirkthorpe in Warmfield; it was still marked as an ancient ford in 1841 O.S. (grid 102–358213).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Crofts
- Dudfleet Lane & Dudfleet Mills
- Grove Ho
- Rock Ho
- Spring End
- Stonebridge Ho
- Stringer Lane
- Sun Roy
- Tanfield Ho
- Tithebarn St
- Twitch Hill St
- Westfield Ho
- Batty's Fold
- Beck Bottom
- Brandy Carr
- Bushy Beck
- Foster Ford Beck
- The Haugh
- Lindale Hill
- Low Hod
- Low Park Fm
- Nook Ing
- Silcoates
- Type Well
- Warren Ho
- Gill Sike
- Church Hill
- Crossland Place
- Cut Beck
- Folly Hall
- Fox Hall
- Lawns, Lawns Ho
- Ledger Fold
- Lingwell Gate
- Lofthouse Gate
- Low Fold
- The Mount
- Newton Hill
- Newton Lane End
- Ouchthorpe Lane
- Robin Hood Hill
- Balk Lane
- Finking Lane
- Stanley Hall
- West Fm
- Balne Bridge & Balne Mills
- Borough Corner
- Brooks Bank
- Chald Lane
- Cliffhill Ho
- The Dam
- East Moor
- Flanshaw Hill
- Green End
- Greenhill Rd
- Grove Fm
- Highfield Ho
- Holme Fm (Thornes)
- Humble Jumble Row
- The Ings
- Jacobs Well Lane
- Lambkin Well
- Lawefield Rd (Thornes)
- Long Causeway
- Lowe Hill
- Manor Haigh
- Mill Dam (Alverthorpe)
- Monckton Fm
- Moorcroft, Moor Ho(lost)
- New Brighton
- New Scarbro'
- Parkgate Fm
- Crossfield Ho
- Dyehouse Mills
- Hall Cliffe
- Hall Croft
- Highfields
- Hill Cliffe Ho
- Horbury Bridge
- Horbury Hall(lost)
- Humber Place
- Jenkin Ho
- Little Common
- Lydgate Villas
- Millfield
- Northfield Ho
- Northgate
- Shepstye Wood
- Goring Ho
- Lupset Hall
- The Mount
- Snapethorpe Hall
- Thornes Common
- Thornes Park
- Whinney Moor
- Blacker Lodge
- Boardman Hill
- Bolus Lane
- Booth Hill
- Brag Lane End
- Broom Hall
- Potovens
- Rook's Nest
- Snow Hill
- Springfield Ho
- Spring Hill
- Trough Well
- White Hall Fm
- Wilson Hill
- Clark Hall
- Glebe Fm
- Stanley Lane Ends
- Park Hill
- Addingford Hill
- Ashleigh
- Benton Hill
- Berry Lane
- Bulling Balk Lane
- Carr Lodge
- Castle Hill
- Cliff Ho
- Clunter Gate
- Dove Cote Ho
- Fairfield
- Quarry Hill Rd
- Southfield Lane
- Dog Ho
- Carr Gate
- Red Hall Lane
- Cockpit Houses
- The Hollies
- Lake Lock
- Long Causeway
- Moor Ho
- New Market Gate
- New Park
- Old Park
- Park Lodge
- Park Side
- Rook's Nest Ho
- St Swithin's Chantry & St Swithin's Well
- Smalley Bight
- Spa Fold
- Stanley Ferry
- Story Ho
- Alverthorpe Rd
- Pease Ho
- St Johns, St John's Grove
- Snow Hill View
- Springfield Ho, Springs (Flanshaw)
- Turner's Lane
- Wakefield Bridge
- Westfield Ho
- Westgate Common
- Willow Lane