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Baverstock

Baverstock proper noun: a village in Dinton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0231).

Proper noun

Baverstock (countable and uncountable, plural Baverstocks)

  1. A village in Dinton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0231).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Baverstock

pluralBaverstocks

Origin of Baverstock

Recorded as Babestoche in the Domesday Book, the placename is from the Old English personal name Babba + stoc (“outlying farm”).

Questions about Baverstock

What does Baverstock mean?
Baverstock means a village in Dinton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0231).
What part of speech is Baverstock?
Baverstock is a proper noun.

Words near Baverstock in the dictionary

  1. Baveno
  2. Baventian
  3. Baver
  4. Baveres
  5. Bavers
  6. Baverstock
  7. Baverstocks
  8. baves
  9. bavette
  10. bavettes
  11. Baveystock

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