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EspañolASHFORD (SURNAME)
'Ashford' is an English habitational surname from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Essex, Devon, Derbyshire, and Shropshire are named from Old English ''æsc'' ‘ash’ + ''ford'' ‘ford’.
One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as ''Ecelesford'', probably from a personal name ''Eccel'', a diminutive of ''ecca'' ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ''ford''. The one in Kent is from ''æscet'' ‘clump of ash trees’ + ''ford''.[1]
References: 1. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Ancestry.com Map of name distribution in the UK & US
One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as ''Ecelesford'', probably from a personal name ''Eccel'', a diminutive of ''ecca'' ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ''ford''. The one in Kent is from ''æscet'' ‘clump of ash trees’ + ''ford''.[1]
References: 1. Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Ancestry.com Map of name distribution in the UK & US
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