Duxford
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English
Etymology
From Old English personal name *Ducc, in the genitive singular *Ducces + worþ (“enclosure”), thus "Duxwurth". The worth element was later reanalysed as forth, leading to "Duxforth". This later became the ford of its present form.
Proper noun
Duxford
- A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745). [1]
- A hamlet in Hinton Waldrist parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3699).