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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ASHFORD,
ASHFORTH, AYSHFORD.
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From A Dictionary
of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley,
1901, and,
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, by
William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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ASHFORD, ASHFORTH,
AYSHFORD. Bardsley
has: A local name meaning "of Ashford," parishes in diocs. of
Canterbury, Exeter, London, Southwell, and Hereford; v. Ford
and Forth for
the two suffixes.
Arthur has: ASHFORD (Saxon) A town in Kent, England, on the river Ash or Esh—the ford
over the Ash.
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