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.

Deptford

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Dupeford' 1242 Fees791 1299 DA
  • Depesforde al. Dupeford 1316 Ipm

Etymology

[ ditvəd ] is Dupeford '1242 Fees 791, 1299 DA 34,Depesforde al. Dupeford 1316 Ipm , Ditford 1682 Rate-book , v. deop , ford .