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Bayford
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English
Etymology
From the en ang - personal name ang Bōia + ang ford ford.
In Hertfordshire, recorded as Begesford 1086 (Domesday Book), and Begeford in 1090; the ford of a man called Bǣga. Survey of English Place-Names
Proper noun
~ s
en village/and/civil parish in dist/East Hertfordshire co/Hertfordshire cc/England OS grid ref TL3108. Parish map (Hertfordshire)
en large hamlet near town/Wincanton in par/Stoke Trister dist/South Somerset co/Somerset cc/England OS grid ref ST7229.
en unincorporated community co/Northampton County s/Virginia c/USA.
en habitational Old English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bayford is the 6521st most common surname in England, belonging to 1044 individuals.
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