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Chelmsford

American  
[chelms-ferd, chelmz-] / ˈtʃɛlms fərd, ˈtʃɛlmz- /

noun

  1. a city in NE Massachusetts.


Chelmsford British  
/ ˈtʃɛlmzfəd /

noun

  1. a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)

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Chelmsford City Council's Stephen Robinson, who leads the Lib Dem-run authority, said: "I think it's really important that we don't create division and that policing is carried out by the police."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The Chelmsford, Mass., company said the number of shares it plans to offer and the price range for the proposed offering haven’t yet been determined, adding that the offering is subject to market conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The taxidermy bear, known as Boris, is a popular feature at the Museum of Chelmsford and is regarded as its unofficial mascot.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The 34-year-old is the founder of the Unbiased Birth Club and runs antenatal classes in Chelmsford.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He had been to Chelmsford, which he considered a pretty, neat, and well-built town, and he had remarked that all the cart-horses he saw from Sudbury to Chelmsford were of a remarkably large size.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

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