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.

North Allenford Fm and South Allenford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Damerham

Etymology

North Allenford Fm and South Allenford Fm. Cf. Elyngford , Alyngforde 1518 Hoare, Alyngford 1540 LP, 1570 PembSurv. The stream here is now known as Allen River, but as no early references to it have been noted, it may well be a late back-formation from the place-name.