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.

Hawford

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Historical Forms

  • Hageford 1182 RBB 18th
  • Haweford 1262 For 1304 Ipm
  • Hauford 1275,1327,1332 SR
  • Hawford 1352 Nash 18th
  • Hausforde 1358 ADii
  • Havard 1638 QSR
  • Halford 1649 Surv

Etymology

'Ford by the hedge' or 'ford by the enclosure,' v. haga .