Rockford

Rockford, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
Hampshire
SU1607
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXX.8
Rockford
otherwise: Rocheford, 1086; Rechesford; Rachesfort, 1167; Rokeford, 1286
refce: Coates 1989
ROCKFORD, manor in Ellingham
Too early to be the Anglo Norman name 'Roquefort'='strong crag'; it was a manor before 1086. It is not obvious what to make of the 12th century forms, which suggest confusion with early forms of the 'Rochfords' in Essex and Worcestershire; the rest point to hypothetical Old English 'Hrocaford'='rooks' ford', cf ROCKBOURNE and the Domesday Book manor of ROCKSTEAD in that parish. The ford is over Dockens Water, a left tributary of the Avon.
domesday
 Rocheford
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (23.51)
TERRA HVGONIS DE PORTH ... Ipse H ten. ROCHEFORD et Hugo S~ q'ntini de eo . Alsi p~br tenuit de rege E in alodiu~ ...
domesday
 Rocheford
Listed in Domesday Book
- Fordingebrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001