Ponsford Family History
Ponsford Name Meaning
English (mainly Devon): habitational name from Ponsford in Devon recorded in Domesday Book as Pontesfort and in 1249 as Pauncefort. The placename may derive from a river name Pont (from Proto-Welsh pant ‘hollow valley’) + Old English ford ‘ford’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022