Last Name TOFIELD

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Meaning	Local: A the to-fall, probably from residence besides or inside a pent-house, once called a 'to-fall.' The 'd' in Tofield would thus be excresent, and imitative of the word 'field.' 'Teefall,' a mode of building in the pent-house form, common in Northumberland.

Origin	English, Irish

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