Shelford

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
  2. 2
    A railway station in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England, serving the villages of Great Shelford and Little Shelford (OS grid ref TL4652).
  3. 3
    A village and civil parish in Rushcliffe borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6642).
  4. 4
    A locality in Burton Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4288).
  5. 5
    A surname.

Etymology

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

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Great ShelfordLittle Shelford

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