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Shalford.

A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7229).

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Meaning & usage

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  1. A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7229).

  2. A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset, England, partly in Charlton Musgrove parish (OS grid ref ST7230).

  3. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0047).

Where this word comes from

From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Scalford and Shelford.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.