English Explanatory Dictionary

Montford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4114).
  2. A historic district and neighbourhood in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Montford Montfords Mountford

Etymology

Recorded as Maneford in the Domesday Book, the village's name derives from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general, communal”) + ford (“ford”). The surname could also be a variant of Mundford.

Derived words

Preston Montford
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