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Toft

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3656).
  3. 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. 4
    A village in Toft with (or cum) Lound and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0617).
  5. 5
    A hamlet in Dunchurch parish, Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4770).
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  1. 6
    A hamlet and ferry port (Booth of Toft) on Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4376).
Noun
  1. 1
    A hillock.
  2. 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. 3
    A messuage with right of common.

Etymology

From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

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