Longford

Meanings

1. A number of places in England:
2. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).
3. A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, next to Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8320).
4. A small village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, formerly in Middlesex, on the north side of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0576).
5. The Longford River, a man-made river in Greater London, flowing from the Colne at Longford to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace.
6. A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).
7. A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
8. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

1. A county of Ireland.
2. A town, the county town of County Longford, Ireland.
3. An earldom in the Peerage of Ireland.

Etymology

From Old English lang (“long”), definite form langa + ford.