Hemingford Grey
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
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Hemingford Grey is named after a person named Heming, with the Old English suffix '-ford' meaning a river crossing. The 'Grey' part refers to its historical ownership by the Grey family.
Word origins
- Heming
- Old Englishpersonal name(from heman "to hem, surround", ing "son of")
- ford
- Old Englishriver crossing(from ford "a place where a river can be crossed")
- Grey
- Norman Frenchfamily name(from Gris "grey")
Historical forms
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