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.

Ford

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Overforth 1617 PR

Etymology

, 1843TA , Overforth 1617 PR , v. ford .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement