Tuxford

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English

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Etymology

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Partly uncertain. Oldest Domesday Book attestation is Tuxfarne. The first element is likely the Old English personal name Tuk (modern day Tuck/Tucker), genitive singular Tukes. The second element is now ford, but this is clearly a reinterpretation from the second earliest attested form Tuxforne (with vowel mutation), which leaves the original -farne element still unexplained. The modern form is equivalent to Tucker's ford.

Proper noun

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Tuxford

  1. A village and civil parish with a town council in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7370).
  2. A community in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  3. A surname.