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.

Symondford Brook

Early-attested site in the Parish of Conderton

Historical Forms

  • Simæresford 875 BCS541 11th
  • Simonds Foord 1649 Surv
  • Symonford brook 1772 T

Etymology

'Ford of Sigemǣr ,' v. ford . A similar corruption has taken place in Edmondthorpe (Lei), which really contains the pers. name Ēadmǣr .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement