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.

Clawford

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashwater

Historical Forms

  • Clouford(a) 1330 SR 1362 Ass

Etymology

is Clouford (a )1330SR (p), 1362Ass , v. Clawton infra 138 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement