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.

Esp Ford

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Esp foord 1694 PR 1706 Ct

Etymology

, Esp foord 1694 PR, 1706Ct , ' ford near an aspen-tree ' , v. æspe ( ON  espi ) , ford .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site