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Definition of Tofts

Toft
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. 2. A grove of trees; also, a plain. [Prov. Eng.] 3. (O. Eng. Law) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Meaning of Tofts from wikipedia

- England Toft village, a settlement comprising small, closely packed farms (tofts) Toft Hill (disambiguation) Tofte (disambiguation) Burgage (Scots: toft), a...
- Mary Toft (née Denyer; baptised 21 February 1703 – January 1763), also spelled Tofts, was an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became...
- mile north of West Tofts, with its Church of St Mary, all deserted and demolished villages. None of these settlements (except West Tofts) are shown on modern...
- Records dating back to 1391 indicate human settlement at West Tofts. Earthworks at West Tofts indicate the presence of a former rectory or similar country...
- Chris M. N. Tofts (born 1964) is an English computer scientist. Chris Tofts studied mathematics as an undergraduate at Clare College, Cambridge, followed...
- Catherine Tofts or Katherine Tofts (c. 1685–1756) was the first English singer who sang Italian opera in England. Tofts began her career as a concert...
- enclosures, ancient soils and structural remains. Tofts Ness is also the location of multiple shipwrecks. Tofts Ness is situated on a peninsula at the north-east...
- known as Wainfleet Tofts, Friskney Tofts and Wrangle Tofts, after the main villages which occupy its length. The origin of the Tofts is unclear. It is...
- David Claude Toft (10 April 1922 – 3 December 1981) was the Mayor of Galway from July 1981 until his death. Toft was born in Galway to Abby Toft of Dublin...
- Albert Toft (3 June 1862 – 18 December 1949) was a British sculptor. Toft's career was dominated by public commemorative commissions in bronze, mostly...