Langford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The name of five villages in England:
  2. A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL1840).
  3. A village and civil parish in Maldon district, Essex (OS grid ref TL838089).
  4. A hamlet in Ickburgh parish, Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8396).
  5. A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK8258).
  6. A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2402).
  7. A city in British Columbia, Canada.
  8. A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of the Municipality of North Cypress-Langford.
  9. A place in the United States:
  10. An unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland.
  11. An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
  12. A hamlet in Erie County, New York.

Word forms

Langford Langfords

Etymology

Two main origins: * From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”). * The village in Nottinghamshire may derived from an Old English personal name *Landa + ford.

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