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Gilford (surname)

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Gilford is an English surname derived from Guildford in Surrey. The name appears in old records as Gyldeford (about 800 AD) in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, Guldeford in the Domesday Book (1086), and Geldeford in the Pipe rolls (1130–1156). The place name means "the ford where golden flowers grow," from the old English gylde (gold) and ford. Notable people with the surname include:


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