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Ranford (surname)
Ranford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Ranford (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Brendan Ranford (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player See also * * Ranford (other) * Rainforth, variant spelling * Rainsford Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford (surname), Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Other variants include Raynsford, Rainforth, and Ranford (surname), Ranford. Notable people with the ..., variant spelling References {{surname, Ranford English-language surnames English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,"Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar.Last Names and Their Meanings ''ancestry.com'' which included names of specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or lands that they held, or, more generically, names that were derived from regional topographic features.Iris Shagrir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagrir, Ellenblum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainford (surname)
Rainford is an English-language toponymic surname from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Dave Rainford (born 1979), English footballer * Johnny Rainford (1930–2001), English footballer * Molly Rainford (born 2000), English actress and singer, daughter of Dave Rainford * Phil Rainford, British singer and record producer * Rob Rainford (born 1966), Canadian television chef See also * Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent (born 1983), English cricketer * Rainford Hugh Perry (1936–2021), Jamaican reggae musician See also * * Rainforth, variant spelling * Rainsford Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford (surname), Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Other variants include Raynsford, Rainforth, and Ranford (surname), Ranford. Notable people with the ..., variant spelling * Ranford (surname), variant spelling References {{surname, Rainford English-language surnames Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainford, Lancashire
Rainford is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England, north of St Helens. At the 2011 Census, the population was 7,779. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the earliest record of the village was in 1189. History Rainford is well known for its industrial past when it was a major manufacturer of clay smoking pipes. The nearby coal mines became worked out and closed before the Second World War. Until the mid-1960s, it was also a location for sand excavation, for use in the glass factories of St Helens. The Rookery is a large 17th-century manor house which was formerly a school and workhouse. Geography Rainford lies on a fertile agricultural plain and is effectively an urban island surrounded by large scale farming, mainly arable, but with some livestock herds. The village consists of two main sections – the main body of the village, centred on the parish church; and Rainford Junction, a smaller se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ranford
William Edward Ranford (born December 14, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and current director of goaltending for the Los Angeles Kings. He was selected in the third round of the 1985 NHL Entry Draft, 52nd overall, by the Boston Bruins. Over the course of fifteen NHL seasons Ranford played with Boston, the Edmonton Oilers, Washington Capitals, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Detroit Red Wings, winning two Stanley Cups, a Canada Cup, and the 1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships while playing for Canada. He is the only goaltender in history to be awarded the MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Canada Cup/World Cup, & Men's Ice Hockey World Championship. Early life and career Ranford was born in Brandon, Manitoba but because his father was in the Canadian Armed Forces, he grew up in various places across Canada and even lived in Germany for a few years. As a child, he took figure skating lessons before eventually deciding to go into goaltending. He played fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Ranford
Brendan Ranford (born May 3, 1992) is a German-born Canadian professional ice hockey forward for HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš in the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak). He was selected 209th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. He is the nephew of former National Hockey League goaltender Bill Ranford. Playing career Junior As a youth, Ranford played in the 2004 and 2005 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from North Vancouver. Ranford first played junior hockey in his native Edmonton with the Edmonton Canadians in the Alberta Midget Hockey League before he was drafted 15th overall in the 2007 WHL draft by the Kamloops Blazers. Ranford played major junior hockey for parts of six seasons in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Kamloops Blazers ( 2007–08 to 2012–13), registering 137 goals and 220 assists for 357 points, while earning 298 penalty minutes, in 348 WHL regular-season games. He was recognized for his ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranford (other) , a surname
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Ranford is a town in Western Australia. Ranford may also refer to: *Ranford Road, a road in Perth, Australia *Ranford (surname) Ranford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Ranford (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Brendan Ranford (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainforth
Rainforth is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Notable people with the surname include: * Elizabeth Rainforth (1814–1877), British opera singer and music arranger * John Rainforth (born 1934), British bobsledder * Janine Rainforth, British singer-songwriter See also * * Rainsford, variant spelling * Ranford (surname), variant spelling * James Renforth James Renforth (7 April 1842 – 23 August 1871) was an English Tyneside professional oarsman. He became the World Sculling Champion in 1868 and was one of three great Tyneside oarsmen, the other two being Harry Clasper and Robert Chambe ..., (1842–1871), English Tyneside professional oarsman References {{surname, Rainforth English-language surnames English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainsford
Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford (surname), Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire. Other variants include Raynsford, Rainforth, and Ranford (surname), Ranford. Notable people with the Rainsford surname variant include: * Andrew Rainsford Wetmore (1820–1892), New Brunswick politician and jurist * Charles Rainsford (1728–1809), British Army officer * Ed Rainsford (born 1984), Zimbabwean cricketer * George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860), English novelist and historical writer * George Rainsford (politician), Australian politician * George Rainsford (actor), English actor * Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), officer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II * Jenny Rainsford (1986–) English actress * Jill Rainsford (1905–1994), actress, songwriter, painter and author * Marcus Rainsford (c. 1758 – 1817) Officer in the British Army, serving in the Battle of Camden 1780, during the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that migrated to Britain after its Roman occupiers left. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in 57 sovereign states and 30 dependent territories, making it the most geographically widespread language in the world. In the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, it is the dominant language for historical reasons without being explicitl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
