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Shefford

Shefford proper noun: a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).

Proper noun

Shefford (countable and uncountable, plural Sheffords)

  1. A town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Shefford

pluralSheffords

Origin of Shefford

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + ford (“ford”).

Words formed from Shefford

Questions about Shefford

What does Shefford mean?
Shefford means a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1439).
What part of speech is Shefford?
Shefford is a proper noun.

Words near Shefford in the dictionary

  1. Sheffielder
  2. Sheffielders
  3. Sheffields
  4. Sheffler
  5. Shefflers
  6. Shefford
  7. Sheffords
  8. Sheffs
  9. sheftalia
  10. Sheftall
  11. Sheftel

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