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.

Kinchfords

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stoke Prior

Etymology

This lost name is recorded by Nash (ii. 38) and represents the Kingesford of the metes of Feckenham Forest (Pat 1300). It is an interesting development for which no parallel has so far been noted.