From the village Langford, England
1 Plaques and Frames showing the langford family crest. 2  Surname Histories for the name langford. 3  Symbolism proudly displaying the langford coat of arms. 4  Travel Mugs with a With multiple listings of the same village throughout England (Bedfordshire, Essex, Nottinghamshire and as Langford Budville in Somerset), it is difficult to give a precise local for the surname's origin. Recorded in several spellings including Langford, Lankford, and Longford, this is an English locational surname. It ultimately derives from any of the places called Langford or Longford in the counties of Bedfordshire, Devonshire, Essex, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset and Wiltshire. The only exception to the general meaning would seem to be that of Langford in Nottinghamshire, recorded as Landeforde in Domesday Book, and this place derives its name from the landaford, meaning a ford which denoted a boundary, in this case the border with Lincolnshire. ORIGIN OF THE LANGFORD SURNAME. The surname Langford is of territorial origin and was fisrt used in the South West of England during the Medieval period. Names of territorial origin were common, a man would have had the surname Langford if he was from the village of Langford. An example of this is Osm' de Langeford who was recorded in the Pipe Rolls for Wiltshire in 1130. The name Osm' de Langeford means Osm' 1 Packages revealing the family crest for the surname langford. 2  Plaques and Frames showing the langford family crest. 3  Surname Histories for the name langford. 4  Symbolism proudly displaying the langford coat of arms. Click on a place to view Langford immigration records. The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry. You can find out where the majority of the Langford families were living before they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
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