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.

Defford

Major Settlement in the Parish of Defford

Historical Forms

  • Deopanforda 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Depeford 1086 DB c.1086 EveB 1190
  • Depford c.1086 EveA 1190
  • Dufford 1299 RBB 18th Cl 1320
  • Defforde 1327 SR
  • Desseforde sur le Bourne 1393 Pat

Etymology

'Deep ford,' v. deop , ford .

Places in the same Parish