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Stanford
Stanford, found in various counties, ‘stone ford’ or ‘stony ford’, OE stān + ford; examples include: Stanford Kent. Stanford 1035. Stanford Bishop Herefs. Stanford 1086 (DB). Affix from its early possession by the Bishop of Hereford. Stanford Dingley W. Berks. Stanworde 1086 (DB), Staneford Deanly 1535. Manorial affix from the Dyngley family, here in the 15th cent. Stanford in the Vale Oxon. Stanford 1086 (DB), Stanford in le Vale 1496. Affix from its situation in the Vale of White Horse. Stanford le Hope Thurr. Staunford 1267, Stanford in the Hope 1361. Affix means ‘in the bay’ from ME hope. Stanford Rivers Essex. Stanford 1068, Stanfort 1086 (DB), Stanford Ryueres 1289. Manorial affix from the Rivers family, here in the 13th cent.
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A. D. MILLS. "Stanford." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Stanford." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stanford.html A. D. MILLS. "Stanford." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Stanford.html |
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Stanford
Stanford ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from the very numerous places named with the Old English elements stān ‘stone’ + ford ‘ford’. Use as a given name may have been influenced by the prestigious Californian university named after Senator Leland Stanford, on whose land it was built. It may also in some cases have been adopted as an alternative elaboration of Stan.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Stanford." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Stanford." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Stanford.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Stanford." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Stanford.html |
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Stanford
Stanford
•multi-layered
•beard, weird
•greybeard (US graybeard)
•bluebeard • Iliad • Olympiad • myriad
•period
•hamadryad, jeremiad, semi-retired, underwired, undesired, unexpired, uninspired
•coward, Howard, underpowered, unpowered
•froward
•leeward, steward
•gourd, Lourdes, self-assured, uncured, uninsured, unobscured, unsecured
•scabbard, tabard
•halberd • starboard
•unremembered • tribade • cupboard
•unencumbered, unnumbered
•good-natured, ill-natured
•Richard • pilchard • pochard • orchard
•unstructured • uncultured
•standard, sub-standard
•unconsidered • unhindered
•unordered • Stafford • Bradford
•Sandford, Sanford, Stanford
•Hartford, Hertford
•Bedford, Redford
•Telford • Wexford • Chelmsford
•Clifford • Pickford • Guildford
•Linford • Mitford • Hereford
•Longford • Oxford • Watford
•Crawford • Salford • Rutherford
•haggard, laggard
•niggard • unsugared • sluggard
•unmeasured • uninjured • tankard
•becard • bewhiskered • unconquered
•drunkard
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"Stanford." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stanford." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Stanford.html "Stanford." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Stanford.html |
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