Ashford

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A number of places in England:; A town in Kent (OS grid ref TR0142).

    "A local government district with borough status of Kent, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town; in full, the Borough of Ashford."

  3. 3
    A number of places in England:; A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0671).
  4. 4
    A number of places in England:; A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5335).
  5. 5
    A number of places in England:; A village in South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6848).
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  1. 6
    A number of places in England:; A village in Derbyshire: see Ashford-in-the-Water.
  2. 7
    A village in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref T2797).
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; Synonym of Satsuma, Texas.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place mostly in Pierce County, Washington.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in the town of Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin.
  10. 15
    A village in Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
  11. 16
    A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.

Example

More examples

"A local government district with borough status of Kent, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town; in full, the Borough of Ashford."

Etymology

From Old English æscet (“a clump of ash trees”) + ford or, alternatively, from æsc (“an ash tree”) + ford. Equivalent to ash + ford.

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