Bulford village grew up on the gravels beside the river Avon. The parish itself is rectangular, extending eastwards from the banks of the river and the boundaries have remained unchanged for more than a thousand years. In the Middle Ages there was a settlement called Hindurrington, to the north of Bulford church, that was also on the river gravels. The name may have originated because the settlement was at the back of Durrington, which was on the other side of the river. The meaning of Bulford is difficult but the most likely explanation is ‘the ford where the ragged robins grow’ or ‘ragged robin island’. Bulut is Saxon for ragged robin and in the 12th century the name was Bultesford.
Apart from the gravels and alluvium alongside the Avon and Nine Mile rivers, chalk outcrops all over the parish. It is mainly a gentle rolling countryside with the only steep slopes in the south-east, where Beacon Hill rises to 204 meters. The Avon flows from north to south, with a substantial meander in its southern most stretch in the parish, while Nine Mile river flows from east to west to join it. More on Bulford

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