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Walford

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Various origins:

* The village in Shropshire is named with Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + ford (“ford”).

* The village in Herefordshire is named with Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton”) + ford (“ford”).

proper noun Walfords

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO587204).
  2. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Walford, Letton and Newton parish, north Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3972).
  3. countable, uncountable A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ434206).
  4. countable, uncountable A village in Creech St Michael parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST271281).
  5. countable, uncountable A community in Sables-Spanish Rivers township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Benton County, Iowa, United States.
  7. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{walford_2026,
  title = {Walford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/walford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}