Shelford

English

Etymology

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

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.

Derived terms

• Great Shelford
• Little Shelford