Mitford

English

Etymology

From either Old English midd (“middle”) + ford (“ford”), thus "the middle ford", or from Old English ġemȳþe (“a stream junction”) + ford (“ford”), "the meeting ford", to denote the village situated where the rivers Font and Wansbeck meet.

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Mitford

  1. A surname.

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