Ashford en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæʃfəd/ (UK)
Etymology
From Old English æscet (“a clump of ash trees”) + ford or, alternatively, from æsc (“an ash tree”) + ford. Equivalent to ash + ford.
Meanings
- A surname.
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A number of places in England: ▸ A town in Kent (OS grid ref TR0142).
A local government district with borough status of Kent, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the town; in full, the Borough of Ashford.
- A number of places in England: ▸ A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0671).
- A number of places in England: ▸ A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5335).
- A number of places in England: ▸ A village in South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6848).
- A number of places in England: ▸ A village in Derbyshire: see Ashford-in-the-Water.
- A village in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref T2797).
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Houston County, Alabama.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ Synonym of Satsuma, Texas.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place mostly in Pierce County, Washington.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in the town of Dayton, Richland County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
Deriveds
Ashford Hill · Ashford Carbonell · Ashford Bowdler · New Ashford · Ashford-in-the-Water · Ashford Carbonel