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Bamford

Bamford proper noun: a village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2083).

Proper noun

Bamford (countable and uncountable, plural Bamfords)

  1. A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2083).
  2. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD8613).
  3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Bamford

pluralBamfords

Origin of Bamford

From Old English bēam (“tree, beam”) + ford (“ford”).

Words formed from Bamford

Questions about Bamford

What does Bamford mean?
Bamford means a village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK2083).
What part of speech is Bamford?
Bamford is a proper noun.

Words near Bamford in the dictionary

  1. bamf
  2. bamfoozle
  3. bamfoozled
  4. bamfoozles
  5. bamfoozling
  6. Bamford
  7. Bamford-Stevens reaction
  8. Bamford-Stevens reactions
  9. bamfordite
  10. Bamfords
  11. Bamforth

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