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Last name
Alford

Nobility: Noble family - Knights - Lords
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England (England)
Language of the text: English

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Early records reveal that this surname originated in England. There are number of places so called, three in particular; one in Surrey probably derived from the 'eaold' words that mean old (recorded as Adeford in the 14th century), and 'ford' that mean ford. The other in Somerset (Aldedeford in Domesday Book), of which the first element is the Old English female personal name 'Ealdgyo', composed of the elements 'eald' meaning old and 'gyo' meaning battle; and one in Lincolnshire. (Alforde in Domesday Book), of which the first element is either from the Old English word 'alor' meaning Alder or '(e)alh' meaning temple, shrine. There is also a place of the same name in the former county of Aberdeen, in Scotland (now part of the Grampian region), which may lie behind some Scottish examples of the surname. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive's has confirmed that the

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Alford

Gules, six peers or, three, two and one, a chief of the second.

Coat of arms of family Alford of Holt, co. Denbigh. Falway, co. Berks and of Meux, co. York, Sussex and Hertfordshire, descended from Thomas Alford, of Holt, mentioned in the last visitation of York. 1615. Source: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" by Sir Bernard Burke, London 1884

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Gules, six peers or, three, two and one, a chief of the second. Crest: a boar's head argent, in his mouth three feathers of a Pheasant's tail proper.

Coat of arms of family Alford of Holt, co. Denbigh. Falway, co. Berks and of Meux, co. York, Sussex and Hertfordshire, descended from Thomas Alford, of Holt, mentioned in the last visitation of York. 1615. Source: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" by Sir Bernard Burke, London 1884

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Gules, a chevron betwen two garbs or in chief, and in base in bend sinister a flag azure, fimbrated of the second, charged with a saltire argent,being the banner of, Scotland.

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