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Berrysford Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beresford,' a manor and township in Astonfield, Staffordshire, possessed by the ancestors of the several noble families of this name (Lower, Patronymica Britannica).

William de Boresforde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Berrysford Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Berrysford Surname Meaning

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This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Beresford,' a manor and township in Astonfield, Staffordshire, possessed by the ancestors of the several noble families of this name (Lower, Patronymica Britannica).

William de Boresforde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William de Beresford, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1612. Michael Beresford, Hertfordshire, Register of the University of Oxford.

1647. Christopher Beresford and Mary Morgan: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The bears'—ford, from beris, bears, according to Chaucer. Barrasford, from barra, an old word for a plain, open heath.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The Beresfords of Derbyshire are a branch of a very ancient and distinguished Staffordshire family, to which reference will be found under that county. Amongst the principal Derbyshire branches are those of Ashbourn and Broadlow Ash (G.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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