English Explanatory Dictionary

Burford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in England:
  3. A hamlet in Burland and Acton parish and Stoke and Hurleston parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6253).
  4. A hamlet in Clovelly parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3022).
  5. A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2512).
  6. A small village and civil parish in south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5868).
  7. A hamlet in Pilton parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5941).
  8. A rural community in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.

Word forms

Burford Burfords

Etymology

From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).

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