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.

Silford

Other OS name in the Parish of Northam

Historical Forms

  • Sulfford 1333 SR

Etymology

is Sulfford 1333SR (p) . The first element may , as suggested by Blomé (44) , be OE  syle , ' miry spot . ' Equally possible is OE  sulh-ford , ' ford by the sulh or hollow , ' cf. Silvertoninfra 569 .