Ashford.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A number of places in England: A town in Kent (OS grid ref TR0142).
A number of places in England: A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0671).
A number of places in England: A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5335).
A number of places in England: A village in South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6848).
A number of places in England: A village in Derbyshire: see Ashford-in-the-Water.
A village in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref T2797).
A number of places in the United States: A town in Houston County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
A number of places in the United States: Synonym of Satsuma, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place mostly in Pierce County, Washington.
A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in the town of Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin.
A village in Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
Where this word comes from
From Old English æscet (“a clump of ash trees”) + ford or, alternatively, from æsc (“an ash tree”) + ford. Equivalent to ash + ford.
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