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Telford

Telford \Tel"ford\, a. [After Thomas Telford, a Scotch road engineer.] Designating, or pert. to, a road pavement having a surface of small stone rolled hard and smooth, distinguished from macadam road by its firm foundation of large stones with fragments of stone wedged tightly, in the interstices; as, telford pavement, road, etc.

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Telford, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 4680
Housing Units (2000): 1977
Land area (2000): 1.013390 sq. miles (2.624667 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.013390 sq. miles (2.624667 sq. km)
FIPS code: 76304
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.324786 N, 75.328045 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 18969
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Telford, PA
Telford
Wikipedia
Telford

Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, and west of Birmingham. With an estimated population (for the borough) of 170,300 in 2010 and around 155,000 in Telford itself, Telford is the largest town in Shropshire, and one of the fastest-growing towns in the United Kingdom.

It is named after civil engineer Thomas Telford, who engineered many road and rail projects in Shropshire. The town was put together in the 1960s and 1970s as a new town on previously industrial and agricultural land and smaller towns. Like other planned towns of the era, Telford was created from the merger of other, smaller settlements, most notably the towns of Wellington, Oakengates, Madeley and Dawley. Most of the new town's inhabitants were originally from Birmingham or Wolverhampton.

Telford Shopping Centre, a modern shopping mall, was constructed at the new town's geographical centre, along with an extensive Town Park. The M54 motorway was completed in 1983, improving the town's road links with the West Midlands conurbation.

Telford is close to Ironbridge Gorge, a scenic tourist destination and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town advertises itself as "The Birthplace of Industry", due to its proximity to Coalbrookdale and other places in the Ironbridge Gorge area, which are internationally recognised as being important to the Industrial Revolution, and being to a large extent constructed on the Shropshire Coalfield.

Telford (UK Parliament constituency)

Telford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Lucy Allan, a Conservative, who defeated David Wright, the former Labour Party MP for the seat.

Telford (disambiguation)

Telford may refer to:

  • Telford (name), an English place name
Telford (Lincoln University)

Telford / Te Whare Wanaka o Puerua – a Division of Lincoln University is a public Tertiary Education Institution. Its campus is in Otanomomo, just south of Balclutha, South Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.

In 2010, a merger of the Polytechnic with Lincoln University was proposed.

On 18 November 2010, it was confirmed that a merger between Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic would go ahead, with the merger taking effect on 1 January 2011. Telford Rural Polytechnic is now officially known as "Telford / Te Whare Wanaka o Puerua – a Division of Lincoln University".

Telford (surname)

Telford is the surname of:

People:

  • Anthony Telford (born 1966), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Bill Telford, New Zealand rugby league player in the 1920s and coach in the '50s and '60s
  • Billy Telford (born 1956), English former footballer
  • Carly Telford (born 1987), English footballer
  • Dick Telford (born 1945), Australian sports scientist and former Australian rules footballer
  • Dom Telford (born 1996), English footballer
  • Don Telford (c. 1902–c. 1980), Australian rugby union player
  • James Lyle Telford (1889-1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Vancouver
  • Katie Telford, Canadian political strategist and chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
  • Mary Jewett Telford (1839-1906), American Civil War nurse and humanitarian
  • Robert Telford (1860-1933), Canadian pioneer and politician
  • Thomas Telford (1757–1834), Scottish civil engineer
  • William Pattison Telford, Sr. (1836-1922), Canadian banker and Member of Parliament
  • William Pattison Telford, Jr. (1867-1955), Canadian Member of Parliament, son of the above
  • Zoe Telford (born 1973), English actress

Fictional characters:

  • Chibs Telford, in the television series Sons of Anarchy
  • David Telford, in the television series Stargate Universe, played by Lou Diamond Phillips
Telford (name)

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, the usual spelling being "Tejleford" of "Tevellsford" in Somerset, Warwickshire and Berkshire.

It is held by some that Telford derives from the medieval French nickname for a soldier Taille-Fer (one who cuts with iron, see Telfer and Taillefer).

Usage examples of "telford".

Telford claims you told her your wife was leaving you and staying in Duluth permanently.

But you can bet your pension that Teflon Telford will be washing his hands like Pontius Pilate with a tin of Swarfega tonight.

Steve understood that, and knew it was the reason why Telford or Teflon, as he was known to the lower ranks continued to treat him as if he brought a bad smell into the office with him.

FOUR Now he surveyed the men of Calla Bryn Sturgis, not even glancing at George Telford.