Etymology

Brailsford

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK254414). Full definition →

Old English byrġels
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombyrġels“burial place; barrow”
  2. English todayBrailsford

From a variant of Old English byrġels (“burial place; barrow”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbyrġels all →

burial

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