Bamford Family History
Bamford Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places (the two main
ones being in Derbyshire and Lancashire) named with Old English
beam ‘tree’, ‘beam’ + ford ‘ford’, i.e. a ford beside
a plank bridge for those who wished to keep their feet dry.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bamford
Name Distribution of Bamford Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bamford families
 1,124 - 2,245  375 - 1,123 |
 1 - 374  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bamford families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bamford Family Origin
Bamford Emigration Information (US)
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Bamford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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