(just an old post in progress I forgot to move to this journal)

Name:

Submitter desires a name of Welsh origin for reasons of ancestry, with surname holding meaning to her English heritage, through the placename of Will Ford.  


Welsh 13th century name structure followed the pattern of given name followed by byname: being one of patronym, descriptive nickname, occupation, or place-name.


Aranwen
Arianwen
Arganwen can be traced back to 5th century \ ar-YAHN-wen\


Arganwen de Rhyd-helyg "Aranwen of Willow Ford"


Rhyd-helg, Welsh for Willow Ford.  Eluded to in Welsh poetry.

The history of the Williford family name begins after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived in Nottinghamshire, at Wilford. This placename is derived from the name Norman-French name Will, a pet form of William and the word ford, meaning a river crossing, and indicates that the ford in question belonged to William.

Device:

Argent, an oak tree proper blasted and eradicated, 
a base barry wavy azure and argent,
in chief three ravens sable elevated and addorsed.


(Wings addorsed are raised as if about to take flight, so that only the top of the bird's right wing shows behind the fully displayed left wing.)