English Explanatory Dictionary

Thetford

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A place in England:
  2. A civil parish (served by Little Thetford Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire.
  3. A hamlet in Baston parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF1114).
  4. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TL8783).
  5. A place in the United States:
  6. A township in Genesee County, Michigan.
  7. A town in Orange County, Vermont.

Word forms

Thetford

Etymology

Recorded as Theodford late 9th century, and Tedfort in 1086 (DB), from Old English þēod + ford, "people's or public ford".

Derived words

East Thetford Little Thetford Thet
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