Shadforth
village · County Durham
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name means 'the wide ford'. 'Scad' is an Old English word for wide, and 'ford' refers to a river crossing.
Word origins
- Shad
- Old Englishwide(from scad "wide")
- forth
- Old Englishford(from ford "ford")
Historical forms
Scadford