Dufferin Explained

Dufferin, Dyffryn or Duffryn may refer to:

Places

In Burma

• Fort Dufferin, the British name for Mandalay Palace during their colonial rule

In Canada

British Columbia

• Dufferin Island,
• Dufferin, neighbourhood of the city of Kamloops, from 1971 to 1973 a separate municipality

Manitoba

• Dufferin (Manitoba provincial electoral district)
• Fort Dufferin, a National Historic Site
• Rural Municipality of Dufferin

New Brunswick

• Dufferin Parish, a civil parish east of St. Stephen, New Brunswick
• Dufferin Hotel, a former hotel in Saint John, New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

• Port Dufferin, a small community near Halifax

Ontario

• Dufferin Bridge, a community in Magnetawan
• Dufferin County
• Dufferin (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district in Ontario, abolished in 1924
• Dufferin Islands, a group of man-made islands near Niagara Falls
• Dufferin Street in Toronto
  • Dufferin (TTC), a subway station on the street

Quebec

• Terrasse Dufferin, a broad terrace wrapping around much of old Quebec City

Saskatchewan

• Rural Municipality of Dufferin No. 190, Saskatchewan

In the United Kingdom

Northern Ireland

• Dufferin (barony), County Down

Wales

Dyffryn is Welsh for 'valley'.

• Duffryn, a housing estate in Newport
• Dyffryn, Bridgend
• Dyffryn Cennen, Carmarthenshire
• Dyffryn, Ceredigion
• Dyffryn, Pembrokeshire
• Dyffryn, Vale of Glamorgan
  • Dyffryn Gardens
• Dyffryn Cellwen, Neath Port Talbot
• Dyffryn Clydach, Neath Port Talbot

People

• Baron Dufferin and Claneboye, title in the Peerage of Ireland
• Dufferin Roblin (1917–2010), Canadian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba
• Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902), known as Lord Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India

Bridges

• Dufferin Street bridges in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Malviya Bridge over the Ganges at Varanasi, India, originally named the Dufferin Bridge.

Ships

• HMIS Dufferin, a Royal Indian Marine ship active in World War I
• Training Ship Dufferin, a training ship based in Mumbai, renamed Training Ship Chanakya