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Shelford

Shelford proper noun: a rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.

Proper noun

Shelford

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

Origin of Shelford

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

Words formed from Shelford

Questions about Shelford

What does Shelford mean?
Shelford means a rural locality in Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia.
What part of speech is Shelford?
Shelford is a proper noun.

Words near Shelford in the dictionary

  1. shelflives
  2. shelfmark
  3. shelfmarks
  4. shelfmate
  5. shelfmates
  6. Shelford
  7. shelfroom
  8. shelfrooms
  9. shelfs
  10. shelfward
  11. shelfwards

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