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.

Balsford Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beoley

Historical Forms

  • Baltesford 1316,1482 Ipm
  • Balsford Hall 1517 Ipm

Etymology

Little can be done with this name. Possibly the OE  form was Bealdesford , from the pers. name Beald found in Bealdes-sol , BCS 797. There is a Baltington (Do), but the earliest form that has been noted is identical with the present in 1428 (FA).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement