Duxford

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proper noun

A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL4745).
  2. A hamlet in Hinton Waldrist parish, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3699).

Origin

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.

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APA

Duxford. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Duxford

MLA

“Duxford.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Duxford. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Duxford,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Duxford.

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