Burford.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A place in England: A hamlet in Burland and Acton parish and Stoke and Hurleston parish, Cheshire East, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6253).
A place in England: A hamlet in Clovelly parish, Torridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SS3022).
A place in England: A town and civil parish with a town council in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire (OS grid ref SP2512).
A place in England: A small village and civil parish in south Shropshire (OS grid ref SO5868).
A place in England: A hamlet in Pilton parish, Somerset, previously in Mendip district (OS grid ref ST5941).
A rural community in Brant County, Ontario, Canada.
Where this word comes from
From Old English Beorgford, equivalent to beorg (“mountain”) + ford (“ford”).
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