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.

Watford Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke

Historical Forms

  • Watforde 1601 SACx
  • Watford 1680 Seller

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Watforde 1601 SAC x, Watford 1680 Seller . As there is no stream here , the name may have been taken from Watford (Herts, Nth) .

Places in the same Parish