Horringford

Horringford
Horringford Location within the Isle of Wight
OS grid reference	SZ543853
Unitary authority	Isle of Wight
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
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	Isle of Wight West
List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°39′54″N1°14′14″W / 50.664887°N 1.237214°W / 50.664887; -1.237214

Horringford is a settlement on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It is in the civil parish of Arreton.

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.

1235: Horningeforde

~1240: Horringeford

1255: Horningeford

13th century: Horingeford

1333: Horyngforde ^{[1] [2]}

1. Mills, A.D (1996). The Place-Names of the Isle of Wight. Shaun Tyas.
2. Club, Saturday Walkers. "Great Britain Road Atlas - SWC". Saturday Walkers Club. Retrieved 3 November 2025.