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Barford
Barford may refer to: Places England *Barford, Hampshire *Barford, Norfolk *Barford, Warwickshire *Barford St. John, Oxfordshire **The parish of Barford St. John and St. Michael, Oxfordshire *Barford St Martin, Wiltshire *Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire *Great Barford, Bedfordshire, which gives its name to the Hundred of Barford *Little Barford, Bedfordshire **Little Barford Power Station Canada *Barford, Quebec, former township, now part of Coaticook People * Anne Barford, American rugby union player * David Barford, British medical researcher * Ian Barford, American actor * John Leslie Barford (1886-1937), English poet * Serie Barford, New Zealand performance poet * Vernon Barford (1876-1963), English photographer and musician * William Barford (died 1792), English scholar and clergyman Other uses * Barford Park, country house and park near Bridgwater, Somerset, England See also * Barfield (other) {{Disambig, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barford St Martin
Barford St Martin is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about west of Wilton, Wiltshire, Wilton, around the junction of the A30 road, A30 and the B3089. Barford is known as one of the Nadder Valley villages, named for the River Nadder which flows through the parish. Grovely Wood forms the northern section of the parish. History Prehistoric sites in the parish include the earthworks known as Ebsbury, an British Iron Age, Iron Age settlement, field system and possible hillfort, and a Romano-British culture, Romano-British enclosed settlement, on a hilltop in the north of the parish which overlooks the River Wylye, Wylye valley. Grovely Ditch or Grim's Ditch, a pre-Roman earthwork, runs through Grovely Wood a little further south. A small settlement called ''Bereford'', with nine households, was recorded in the Domesday Book compiled in 1085–1086. The St Martin suffix, from the dedication of the church, was added by 1304 to distinguish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |