Toft
name, noun ·1 syllable ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A hillock.
- 2 A homestead, especially one on a hill.
"Rendering therefore annually to me and my heirs one halfpenny on the day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist for all suits services and demands and I the said Alice and my heirs the aforesaid toft and land with all their appurtenances as is before named to the said William and his heirs[…]."
- 3 A messuage with right of common.
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).
- 3 A small village and civil parish (served by Plumley with Toft and Bexton Parish Council) in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7576).
- 4 A village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0617).
- 5 A hamlet in Dunchurch parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4770).
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- 6 A hamlet and ferry port (Booth of Toft) on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4376).
Example
More examples"Rendering therefore annually to me and my heirs one halfpenny on the day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist for all suits services and demands and I the said Alice and my heirs the aforesaid toft and land with all their appurtenances as is before named to the said William and his heirs[…]."
Etymology
From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).
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