Horringford
Human settlement in England
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Horringford is a settlement on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It is in the civil parish of Arreton.
| Horringford | |
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  Horringford Location within the Isle of Wight | |
| OS grid reference | SZ543853 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWPORT |
| Postcode district | PO30 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| UK Parliament | |
The hamlet lies on the A3056 road, near to the larger settlement of Arreton. Horringford is approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-east of Newport. It contains the Horringford Manor.
Name
The name means 'the ford of the dwellers by the river fork', from Old English horn, -inga-, and ford. Ford is used for the horn-shaped tongue of land between the two streams that meet here, that are tributaries of the Eastern Yar.[1][2]
1235: Horningeforde
~1240: Horringeford
1255: Horningeford
13th century: Horingeford
1333: Horyngforde[1]
