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.

Redford

Other OS name in the Parish of Pucklechurch

Historical Forms

  • Rutforde 1221 Ass
  • Ritford 1312 FF

Etymology

, Rutforde 1221Ass (p), Ritford 1312FF , possibly ' reed ford ' , v. hrēod , ford ; the ford was actually one across the Boyd in Dyrham as shown by the f.n. Redford tyning ( 50 supra ) .