Ashford is an English habitational surname from any of several places called Ashford. Those in Essex, Devon, Derbyshire, and Shropshire are named from Old Englishæsc ‘ash’ + ford ‘ford’. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... “Devonshire†redirects here. ... Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Shropshire (alternatively Salop or abbreviated Shrops) is an English county in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
One in Surrey is first recorded in 969 as Ecelesford, probably from a personal name Eccel, a diminutive of ecca ‘edge (of a sword)’ + ford. The one in Kent is from æscet ‘clump of ash trees’ + ford.[1] Not to be confused with Surry. ... Events December 11 - John I becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. ... This article is about the county in England. ...
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^ Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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