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.

Mountford Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Lapworth

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) takes its name from the family of de Montfort of Beaudesert . Richard de Montfort acquired a moiety of the town and manor of Lapworth c. 1365 (Hudson) .