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Uffington.

A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607).

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  1. A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0607).

  2. A village and civil parish in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU3089).

  3. A village and civil parish east of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5213).

  4. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Uffa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“town”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Effingham, Abridge, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.

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