Allenford

Allenford, Damerham
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Damerham
Hampshire
SU0818
refce: HANTSLOC.t

old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LIVA.12

Allenford
otherwise: Elyngford, 1300-1399?; Alyngforde; Elyngford, 1518

refce: Coates 1989
ALLENFORD in Damerham, former submember of parish of Toyd Farm, once in Dorset
Forms are too late for certainty. Uncertain whether it has anything to do with ELLINGHAM (and hence with ELING). Stands on the river 'Allen' a name type which is often pre-English, but no early spellings for the river name have come down to us and it may be a back formation from the farm name.

   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001