Telford is an Old English place-name which derives from the elements "taelf", meaning "a plateau" and "forda", meaning "a shallow river crossing". There are several places named in the 1086 Domesday Book

Domesday Book

Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...

, the usual spelling being "Tejleford" of "Tevellsford" in Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

 and Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

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It is held by some that Telford derives from the medieval French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 nickname for a soldier Taille-Fer (one who cuts with iron, see Telfer

Telfer

Telfer is a surname, principally of Scottish origin, with the name deriving from Taille-fer , the Old French nickname for a strong man or ferocious warrior...

 and Taillefer

Taillefer

Taillefer was the surname of a Norman ioglere whose exact name and place of birth are unknown . He travelled to England during the Norman conquest of England of 1066, in the train of William the Conqueror...

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It may refer to:

People

• Telford Taylor
  Telford Taylor
  Telford Taylor was an American lawyer best known for his role in the Counsel for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II, his opposition to Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, and his outspoken criticism of U.S...
  
  , an American lawyer
• Anthony Telford
  Anthony Telford
  Anthony Charles Telford is a former Major League baseball player who has played for the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, and Texas Rangers. In 2007 he was the pitching coach for the Aiken Foxhounds in the independent South Coast League...
  
  , an American baseball player
• Carly Telford
  Carly Telford
  Carly Mitchell Telford is an English international football goalkeeper from County Durham. She currently plays for Chelsea Ladies.-Club career:...
  
  , an English footballer
• Nicholas Telford, an American chemical engineer based at North Carolina University
• Robert Telford
  Robert Telford
  Robert Taylor Telford was a Canadian pioneer and politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1905 until 1913. Born in Quebec, he came to western Canada to serve with the North-West Mounted Police during the North-West Rebellion...
  
  , a Canadian politician
• Thomas Telford
  Thomas Telford
  Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.-Early career:...
  
  , a Scottish civil engineer
• Zoe Telford
  Zoe Telford
  -Television:Telford has appeared in the following:Absolute Power, Teachers, Agatha Christie's Poirot - Death on the Nile, Afterlife, Cutting It, The Golden Hour, Lewis, Agatha Christie's Marple - The Sittaford Mystery, as Eva Braun in Hitler: The Rise of Evil, as Abigail Thomas in The Palace, as...
  
  , an English actress

Places

Australia

• Telford, Victoria
  Telford, Victoria
  Telford is a small locality in Victoria on the Oaklands railway line, Victoria.- Transport :It is served by a wheat silo. The branchline is now freight only and no longer carries passenger trains.- References :...
  
  
• Telford Cut, a coal mine in South Australia

England

• Telford
  Telford
  Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, approximately east of Shrewsbury, and west of Birmingham...
  
  , a new town in the Borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire
• Telford and Wrekin
  Telford and Wrekin
  Telford and Wrekin is a unitary district with borough status in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. The district was created in 1974 as The...
  
  , a unitary district with borough status in Shropshire
• Telford Shopping Centre
  Telford Shopping Centre
  Telford Shopping Centre is a indoor super-regional shopping centre in Telford, Shropshire, England. It is located in the geographical and economic centre of the new town, on land which was previously undeveloped. It is the largest shopping area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, being located...
  
  , the commercial centre of the town of Telford

Hong Kong

• Telford Garden
  Telford Garden
  Telford Garden is a private housing estate located above Kowloon Bay Station of the MTR, in Ngau Tau Kok, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was jointly built by Hang Lung Properties and Hopewell Holdings, and Telford Plaza II was built by New World Development; all are managed by the MTR Corporation ....
  
  , a private housing estate in Ngau Tau Kok

Scotland

• Telford, Edinburgh

United States

• Telford, Pennsylvania
  Telford, Pennsylvania
  Telford is a borough in Bucks and Montgomery counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 4,872 at the time of the 2010 census.- History :...
  
  
• Telford, Tennessee
  Telford, Tennessee
  Telford is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Tennessee, United States, between Jonesborough and Limestone. Originally, Millwood was the name of the Telford area, according to the map of Washington County, Tennessee Post Offices ....
  
   near Johnson City

Sport

• A.F.C. Telford United
  A.F.C. Telford United
  A.F.C. Telford United are an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire, playing in the Conference National league at the fifth level of the English football pyramid. The club plays its home matches in Wellington, which forms part of the new town of Telford...
  
  , an English football team
• Telford Raiders
  Telford Raiders
  Telford Raiders ARLFC are a rugby league club based in the town of Telford in Shropshire, England. Their first team plays in the Midlands Regional division of the Rugby League Conference and they have a development team in the Midlands Rugby League as well as an active junior development...
  
  , an English rugby league team
• Telford Tigers
  Telford Tigers
  The Telford Tigers are an English Premier League ice hockey team that formed in 2001 under the name Telford Wild Foxes.A previous Telford Tigers team had existed between 1985 and 1999.- Early history :...
  
  , an English ice hockey team
• Telford United F.C.
  Telford United F.C.
  Telford United F.C. was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire.The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and played at this level for 25 years before being wound up in...
  
  , a defunct English football team

Other uses

• Telford FM
  Telford FM
  107.4 Telford FM was a commercial local radio station broadcasting in Telford, Shropshire and the surrounding areas including Bridgnorth and Newport from the 3rd May 1999 until 10am on the 20th September 2010....
  
  , an English radio station
• David Telford, a fictional character in Stargate Universe.