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.

Pudford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Martley

Historical Forms

  • Podeford 1275,1327 SR
  • Pudiford 1289 Ipm
  • Pudeford 1290 Pat
  • Pudford 1527,1539 LP

Etymology

'Ford of Puda .' This pers. name is very rare, but it occurs again in Pudan mor (printed þudan mor ) in BCS 627, now Pudmore Pond in Thursley (Sr).