‘ford in or by a wood’, OE
wudu +
ford; examples include:
Woodford Greater London.
Wudeford (1062),
Wdefort (1086) (DB).
Woodford Northamptonshire, near Thrapston.
Wodeford (1086) (DB).
Woodford Stockport
Wideforde (1248).
Woodford Wiltshire
Wuduforda (972).
Woodford Halse Northamptonshire
Wodeford (1086) (DB). Affix from the manor of
Halse.