Cornforth
village · County Durham
Old EnglishAI-generated
Cornforth is a village name likely meaning 'Corf's farmstead'. It combines an Old English personal name with the Old English word for a farm or settlement.
Word origins
- Corn
- Old EnglishCorf's(from Corf "a personal name")
- forth
- Old Englishfarmstead, settlement(from fōrð "farmstead, settlement")
Historical forms
Corneford