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Woodford Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + ford ‘ford’, such as Woodford in Cheshire, Cornwall, Essex, Northamptonshire, and Wiltshire. In Scotland, the name is derived from Woodford in Saint Boswells (Roxburghshire).

History: Thomas Woodford emigrated from Lincolnshire, England, to NY in 1690.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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