Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Udfet 1408 Pat

• Udfoot 1684 BdyR(Og3) 1685 PR 1782 et freq

• Udfoot House 1792 ib

• Udfford 1714 RatesE 1839 TA

Etymology

Udford Ho, Udfet 1408 Pat, Udfoot 1684BdyR (Og 3), 1685 PRet freq to 1782 ib, (Udfoot House ) 1792 ib, Udfford 1714RatesE 25, 1839TA .Udford itself is across the Eamont (Cu 191), and the name may well have denoted a ford across the river (v. ford), but fot (dat.sg. fet as in Mintsfeet i, 120supra ), denoting land at the foot of a hill or river is, on the evidence of the earliest spellings, more likely. The first el. could be the OE  pers.n. Uda .