Longford.
A number of places in England:
Meaning & usage
A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2137).
A number of places in England: A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, next to Gloucester, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO8320).
A number of places in England: A small village in the borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, formerly in Middlesex, on the north side of Heathrow Airport (OS grid ref TQ0576).
A number of places in England: The Longford River, a man-made river in Greater London, flowing from the Colne at Longford to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace.
A number of places in England: A northern suburb of Coventry, West Midlands (OS grid ref SP3583).
A town in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Where this word comes from
From Old English lang (“long”), definite form langa + ford.
A county of Ireland.
A town, the county town of County Longford, Ireland.
An earldom in the Peerage of Ireland.
Where this word comes from
From Irish an Longfort (literally “the camp, the stronghold”), anglicized to be identical to Etymology 1.
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