Scalford
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Scalford is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies to the north of Melton Mowbray at the southern end of the Vale of Belvoir. In the 2011 census the parish (including Chadwell and Wycomb) had a population of 608.
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cached 436h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Melton
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Scalford
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:ScalfordRH.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Scalford from the South
- UK place.civil_parish
- Scalford
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.shire_district
- Melton
- UK place.population
- 608
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK762241
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 109
- UK place.post_town
- Melton Mowbray
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE14
- UK place.dial_code
- 01664
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rutland and Melton
- UK place.website
- Scalford Parish Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 608
- Image
- ScalfordRH.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01664
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- Commons category
- Scalford
- postal code
- LE14
- OS grid reference
- SK7624
- P8168
- Stephen Colbert
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- Etymology
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- Amenities
- Residents
- References
- External links
Scalford is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies to the north of Melton Mowbray at the southern end of the Vale of Belvoir. In the 2011 census the parish (including Chadwell and Wycomb) had a population of 608.
==Etymology== The name of the village is derived from Old English and originally meant shallow ford. It has retained its current spelling for at least 440 years, being shown as 'Scalford' on the map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire produced (in Latin) in 1576 by Christopher Saxton as part of his Atlas of England and Wales. The name is partly due to Old Norse influence, as the village lies in the former Danelaw; it is identical in meaning to Shalford and Shelford.
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