The cranford Surname
cranford Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of several places, for example
in the county of Middlesex (now part of Greater London) and
Northamptonshire (Cranford St. Andrew and Cranford St. John), named
with Old English cran ‘crane’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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