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.

Woodford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Woodford

Historical Forms

  • (to þæm ealdan) wuduforda 972 BCS1286 13th
  • Wodeford 1120 SarumCh 1332 SR
  • Wodeford Maior c.1250 Rental
  • Netherwodeford 1279 FF
  • Wodeford Magna, Wodeford Parva 1289 Ass
  • Wodeford Minor 1332 SR
  • Litelwodeford 1422 FF

Etymology

Self-explanatory. At the present day we have Woodford proper and Upper and Lower Woodford, v. neoðera .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site