About the town » Scalford, Leicestershire, England, Great Britain

Scalford is a village and civil parish in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It lies 4 miles to the north of Melton Mowbray at the southern end of the Vale of Belvoir.The name of the village is derived from Old English and originally meant shallow ford. It has retained its current spelling for over 430 years, being shown as 'Scalford' on the map of Warwickshire and Leicestershire produced (in Latin) in 1576 by Christopher Saxton as part of his Atlas of England and Wales.