Shefford

== English == === Etymology === From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”). === Proper noun === Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords) A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== Great Shefford ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Shefford is the 20991st most common surname in England, belonging to 211 individuals. === References === Survey of English Place-Names === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shefford”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Forebears