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Bollington

Bollington proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9377).

Proper noun

Bollington

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9377).
    • The township of Bollington (Macclesfield) has been very unhealthy the whole year. There were 50 deaths in it this quarter, 22 of which were from typhus and scarlatina.1863, Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England, Twenty fourth Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England, page xxxi
    • Collieries are established in the townships of Hurdsfield, Rainow, Bollington, Adlington, Pott- Shrigley, Lyme, Worth, Poynton, and Norbury1808, Sir Henry Holland, Board of Agriculture and General Improvement, “Minerals”, in General view of the agriculture of Cheshire: with observations drawn up for the consideration of the Board of...

Origin of Bollington

From Middle English Bolin (“River Bollin”) + tūn (“settlement”), 'the settlement on the river Bollin'.

Questions about Bollington

What does Bollington mean?
Bollington means a town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East borough, and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9377).
What part of speech is Bollington?
Bollington is a proper noun.

Words near Bollington in the dictionary

  1. bolline
  2. bollines
  3. bolling
  4. Bollinger
  5. Bollinger County
  6. Bollington
  7. Bollins
  8. bollito misto
  9. bollix
  10. bollix up
  11. bollixed

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