Shelford.
A rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Meaning & usage
A rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
A railway station in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, serving the villages of Great Shelford and Little Shelford (OS grid ref TL4652).
A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6642).
A locality in Burton Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4288).
A surname.
Where this word comes from
From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Scalford and Shalford.
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