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.

Larford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Astley

Historical Forms

Leverford 706 BCS116 12th

Lorford 1327,1332 SR

Larford 1663 FF

Etymology

'Ford where the wild yellow iris grows,' v. læfer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Astley