Ashford
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Ashford
- /ˈæʃfəd/ UK
Where it comes from
From Old English æscet (“a clump of ash trees”) + ford or, alternatively, from æsc (“an ash tree”) + ford. Equivalent to ash + ford.
proper noun
- A surname.
- 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 town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, historically in Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0671).
- A village in North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5335).
- A village in South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX6848).
- A village in Derbyshire: see Ashford-in-the-Water.
- A village in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref T2797).
- A town in Houston County, Alabama.
- A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
- A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
- Synonym of Satsuma, Texas.
- A census-designated place mostly in Pierce County, Washington.
- A town and unincorporated community therein, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ashwood, ashwell, ashworth, ashcraft, ashdown, asbury, ashby, ashbrook, asher, ashburn, ashtree, akehurst, aylesworth, acworth, armstead, aswad
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