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.

Fitzford Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Fytzford 1583 DuCo

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Fytzford 1583DuCo and derives its name from the family of John Fitz , M.P . for Tavistock in 1427 , who owned land here . Cf. FicesWell supra 198 .

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