| Brailsford | |
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Brailsford parish highlighted within Derbyshire |
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| Population | 1,116 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SK254414 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ASHBOURNE |
| Postcode district | DE6 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
Coordinates: 52°58′16″N 1°37′23″W / 52.971°N 1.623°W
Brailsford (52°58′16″N 1°37′26″W / 52.97111°N 1.62389°W) is a small red-brick village and civil parish in Derbyshire on the A52 midway between Derby and Ashbourne. The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 1,118. The village has a pub, a post office, a petrol station and a school. There are many fine houses in the district including two 20th century country houses: Brailsford Hall built in 1905 in Jacobean style,
Brailsford was mentioned in the Domesday Book as being in the tenancy of Elfin (possibly an Anglo-Norman rendering of the Saxon Aelfwine) who also held the nearby manors of Bupton, Osmaston and Thurvaston from the tenant-in-chief, Henry de Ferrers.
The Domesday survey of 1086 records the following for Brailsford: