Rochford
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A town and civil parish in Rochford district, in southeastern Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ8790). countable, uncountable
- 3 A local government district in Essex, named after the town of Rochford. countable, uncountable
- 4 A civil parish and two hamlets, Lower Rochford and Upper Rochford, in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid refs SO6368/6367). countable, uncountable
- 5 A small settlement and locality in the Shire of Macedon Ranges, Victoria, Australia. countable, uncountable
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English Rochford, from two sources in Old English, both of which eventually converged into the modern form: # 'The rook ford' or 'Rook's ford', from Old English hrōc (“rook”), genitive plural hrōca + ford, or else from Old English personal name Hrōc, genitive singular Hrōces + ford (respectively). # 'Ford of the hunting dogs', from Old English ræċċ (“hunting dog”), genitive singular ræċċes (the vowel later assimilated to that of Old French roche (“rock, cliff”)) + ford.
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