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.

Clayford Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Holt

Historical Forms

  • Cleyforde 1595 DLComm

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Cleyforde 1595DLComm ( in bounds of Holt forest ) , cf. Claipitte 1468MinAcct , v. clǣg ' clay ' , ford , pytt .

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