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.

Tofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Stranton

Historical Forms

  • a farm called Tofts 1735 Eldon
  • Tofts 1810 ib
  • Messuage, tenement & farmhold called Tofts 1816 ib
  • High Tofts, Low Tofts 1831 ib
  • the Farm called Toffts, the Farm called Tofts 1832 ib

Etymology

, a farm called Tofts 1735Eldon , Tofts 1810ib , Messuage ,tenement & farmhold called Tofts 1816ib , High Tofts , Low Tofts 1831ib , the Farm called Toffts , the Farm called Tofts 1832ib , v. toft .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement