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Shadforth

village · County Durham

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name means 'the wide ford'. 'Scad' is an Old English word for wide, and 'ford' refers to a river crossing.

Word origins

Shad
Old Englishwide(from scad "wide")
forth
Old Englishford(from ford "ford")

Historical forms

Scadford