Toft

Toft
Recorded as Taft, Tift, Toft and Tuft, this is an English surname, but of pre 7th century Old Scandinavian origins. It is locational from any of the various places called Toft, in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Warwickshire. All are from the word "toft"; a term originally used for the site of a house and its outbuildings. The places are variously recorded in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, as Tofth, Taft and Tofte. Amongst the early recordings is that of Robert de Taft, in the Assize Court rolls of Cambridge for the year 1340. In the early surviving church registers we have the recordings of Henry Tofte who was christened at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on September 29th 1585, whilst on July 26th 1655, Raph Taft was married at St Peters Church, Nottingham to Alice Wright, and again in London, William Tift was christened at St Giles Cripplegate, on May 4th 1674. The surname is probably better known in the United States of America, with Robert Taft being the 27th President of the Union from 1909 to 1913. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Elyas del Toft. This was dated 1197, in the Northamptonshire Pipe Rolls, during the reign of King Richard 1st, known as "The Lionheart", 1189 - 1199. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Toft — could be:Places*Toft, Cambridgeshire *Toft, Cheshire *Toft, Lincolnshire *Toft, Shetland *Toft, WarwickshirePeopleToft is a surname and can refer to: *Albert Toft (1862 1949), British sculptor *Omar Toft (1886 1921), American racecar driver… …   Wikipedia

  • Toft — Toft, n. [OE. toft a knoll; akin to LG. toft a field hedged in, not far from a house, Icel. topt a green knoll, grassy place, place marked out for a house, Dan. toft.] 1. A knoll or hill. [Obs.] A tower on a toft. Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Toft — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gösta Toft (* 1951), Sekretär der Schleswigschen Partei Jürgen Toft (* 1943), deutscher Orthopäde Mary Toft (auch: Tofts, geborene Denyer; 1701–1763), Dienstmagd aus Godalming, Surrey, England …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • toft — [täft, tôft] n. [ME < Late OE < ON topt, a homestead, ground marked out for building < IE * dom ped , house site < base * dem , to build (> TIMBER) + * ped , FOOT] 1. [Brit. Historical] a) a house site b) a homestead with its… …   English World dictionary

  • ţoft — s. v. şoldar. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime …   Dicționar Român

  • toft — toft(tofte,tofft,toffte)adj 1.gut,schön,angenehm;sehreindrucksvoll;tüchtig.Nebenformzu⇨toff.Rotwseit1835;späterhalbw;vorwiegendimWestfverbreitet. 2.kameradschaftlich.BSD1965ff …   Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache

  • toft — sb., en, er, erne (et jordstykke) …   Dansk ordbog

  • toft — lowes·toft; toft; toft·man; …   English syllables

  • toft — /tawft, toft/, n. Brit. Dial. 1. the site of a house and outbuildings. 2. a house site and its adjoining arable land. [bef. 1050; ME, late OE < ?] * * * …   Universalium

  • Toft, Warwickshire — Toft is a hamlet in the county of Warwickshire, England, just south of Dunchurch village. To the west across Draycote Water (a modern reservoir) lies Thurlaston village. The hamlet is known to have existed in the early 1600s. It sits on a hill… …   Wikipedia

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