Byford

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref S03942). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Old English byġe (“curve, bend”) + ford (“ford”), "ford at the river bend".

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