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.

Burford

Other OS name in the Parish of Clovelly

Etymology

is Burforde 1330, Byreford 1333SR (p) . The first element is probably burh . Blomé (27) suggests byre , ' byre , ' but this element is never found in SCy names .