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Byfield

Byfield proper noun: a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).

Proper noun

Byfield (countable and uncountable, plural Byfields)

  1. A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).
  2. A rural locality in Byfield National Park, Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
  3. A village in the town of Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
  4. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Byfield

pluralByfields

Origin of Byfield

From Old English bi (“by, near, next to”) + feld (“field”).

Questions about Byfield

What does Byfield mean?
Byfield means a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5153).
What part of speech is Byfield?
Byfield is a proper noun.

Words near Byfield in the dictionary

  1. BYF
  2. byfall
  3. byfalls
  4. byfellow
  5. byfellows
  6. Byfield
  7. Byfields
  8. Byfleet
  9. byflow
  10. byflows
  11. Byford

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