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.

Ditchford Bank

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hanbury

Historical Forms

  • Dichesford, Dychford 1255 For 1327,1332 SR

Etymology

The farm stands on a bank some 40 ft. above Seeley Brook.The dic is probably the brook itself.