English Explanatory Dictionary

Cornforth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ313343).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Cornforth Cornforths

Etymology

From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + ford (“ford”).

Derived words

West Cornforth
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