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Shefford
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English
Etymology
From en ang sċēap sheep + ang ford ford.
Proper noun
~ s
en town/and/cpar in dist/Central Bedfordshire co/Bedfordshire cc/England OS grid ref TL1439. Parish map
en habitational Old English.
Derived terms
en Great Shefford
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shefford is the 20991st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
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