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Brailsford

Brailsford proper noun: a village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414).

Proper noun

Brailsford (countable and uncountable, plural Brailsfords)

  1. A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Brailsford

pluralBrailsfords
alternative formBrallisford

Origin of Brailsford

From a variant of Old English byrġels (“burial place; barrow”) + ford (“ford”).

Questions about Brailsford

What does Brailsford mean?
Brailsford means a village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414).
What part of speech is Brailsford?
Brailsford is a proper noun.

Words near Brailsford in the dictionary

  1. braillewriters
  2. brailling
  3. braillist
  4. braillists
  5. brails
  6. Brailsford
  7. Brailsfords
  8. Braime
  9. brain
  10. brain blast
  11. brain bleach

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