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Bloxham

Bloxham proper noun: a village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).

Proper noun

Bloxham (countable and uncountable, plural Bloxhams)

  1. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Bloxham

pluralBloxhams
alternative formBloxam
alternative formBloxom

Origin of Bloxham

From an unrecorded Old English byname *Blocc + -s- + hām (“manor, estate”).

Questions about Bloxham

What does Bloxham mean?
Bloxham means a village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4235).
What part of speech is Bloxham?
Bloxham is a proper noun.

Words near Bloxham in the dictionary

  1. blowziness
  2. blowzy
  3. blox
  4. Bloxam
  5. Bloxams
  6. Bloxham
  7. Bloxhams
  8. Bloxom
  9. Bloxoms
  10. Bloxsome
  11. Bloxwich

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