Etymology

Tempsford

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1653). Full definition →

Old English ford
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromford“ford”
  2. English todayTempsford

Recorded as Tamiseforde in the Domesday Book, from the name of a river related to Thames + Old English ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishford all →

fordfirthFordhamCringlefordSidfordStratford-on-Avon

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.