Our research has revealed over 100 local Platfords, of whom over 90 are descended from Samuel Platford who was born around 1754. He married Rachel Dawson in Neatishead in 1788 and one of their childen, William, married Elizabeth Starling in Barton Turf in 1817. Their children included those that formed the main Barton Turf branch of the family as well as others that ventured further afield. There are links through marriage to many other Barton Turf families, including Salmon-Cox and Yaxley.  

The gravestone of William and Elizabeth Platford: founders of the Barton Turf branch of the family

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