Bayford
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the Old English personal name Bōia + ford (“ford”).
In Hertfordshire, recorded as Begesford 1086 (Domesday Book), and Begeford in 1090; the ford of a man called Bǣga. [1]
Proper noun
[edit]Bayford (countable and uncountable, plural Bayfords)
- A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3108).
- A large hamlet near Wincanton in Stoke Trister parish, South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7229).
- An unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bayford is the 6521st most common surname in England, belonging to 1044 individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bayford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117.
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- en:Villages in Hertfordshire, England
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- en:Villages in Somerset, England
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
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