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telford

[tel-ferd]

adjective

  1. noting a form of road pavement composed of compacted and rolled stones of various sizes.



Telford

1

/ ˈɛə /

noun

  1. a town in W central England, in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire: designated a new town in 1963. Pop: 138 241 (2001)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Telford

2

/ ˈɛə /

noun

  1. Thomas. 1757–1834, Scottish civil engineer, known esp for his roads and such bridges as the Menai suspension bridge (1825)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of telford1

1895–1900; after Thomas Telford (1757–1834), Scottish engineer
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A bomb hoax was directed at an Asda supermarket in Telford Drive on 9 May, Counter Terrorism Policing South East previously said.

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Kate Elysia - not her real name - was abused by a gang of men of Pakistani origin in the Shropshire town of Telford.

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Kate, now 36, gave evidence to an independent inquiry into gang grooming in Telford, which found that 1,000 girls had been targeted and "nervousness about race" led to abuse being ignored for generations.

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Mr Eveson, from Telford, told BBC Radio Shropshire he saw "people going flying and people screaming and just terror, pure terror", adding: "I thought I'd lost everything."

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Daniel Evason from Telford, Shropshire, was one of multiple pedestrians hit by a car which ploughed into the crowd watching Liverpool FC's victory parade on Monday.

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