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.

Highford

Other OS name in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Hayford 1333 SR
  • Hayvord 1565 ParReg

Etymology

is Hayford 1333SR (p), Hayvord 1565ParReg . Apparently a compound of ford and heg or (ge)hæg , but as the site of the ford is unknown no certainty is possible .