Chelmsford

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Chelmsford

/ˈt͡ʃɛlmzfəd/ UK

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.

proper noun

A city in and the county town of Essex, England, granted city status in 2012.
A local government district with borough status in Essex, the City of Chelmsford, originally formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the county town.
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: montague, danbury, chelmer, stock, springfield, margaretting, great waltham, writtle, chester, boreham, north end, sandon, essex, chingford, chigwell, harwich

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name town in Essex, England

中文	切姆斯福德 Qièmǔsīfúdé

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@misc{chelmsford_2026,
  title = {Chelmsford},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chelmsford},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}