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Also known as Brailsford, Derbyshire

Brailsford () is a small red-brick village and civil parish in Derbyshire on the A52 midway between Derby and Ashbourne. The parish also includes Brailsford Green. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 1,118. The village has a pub, a golf club, a post office and a school. Brailsford village|thumb Brailsford Hall|thumb

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Place details

Locality
Derbyshire Dales
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
756
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_2
Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Brailsford.svg
UK place.static_image_2_width
240px
UK place.static_image_2_caption
Brailsford parish highlighted within Derbyshire
UK place.official_name
Brailsford
UK place.population
1,116
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.shire_district
Derbyshire Dales
UK place.shire_county
Derbyshire
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.post_town
ASHBOURNE
UK place.postcode_district
DE6
UK place.postcode_area
DE
UK place.os_grid_reference
SK254414

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Toponymy
  • History
  • Ednaston
  • Muggington
  • Places of worship
  • Local traditions
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Brailsford () is a small red-brick village and civil parish in Derbyshire on the A52 midway between Derby and Ashbourne. The parish also includes Brailsford Green. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 1,118. The village has a pub, a golf club, a post office and a school. Brailsford village|thumb Brailsford Hall|thumb

== Toponymy == The name Brailsford was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Breilesfordham, in which the two specific elements are Old English ford and ham ("homestead"). The first part of the name appears to be from a derivative of OE byrgels ("burial mound") but, as with Brailes (Warwickshire), this element may be a Common Brittonic compound name from the elements brigo- ("hill") and lisso ("hall, court").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brailsford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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