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Boughton

Boughton proper noun: a village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).

Proper noun

Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).
  2. A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565).
  3. A village in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6768).
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Boughton

pluralBoughtons

Origin of Boughton

From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Words formed from Boughton

Questions about Boughton

What does Boughton mean?
Boughton means a village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).
What part of speech is Boughton?
Boughton is a proper noun.

Words near Boughton in the dictionary

  1. bought up
  2. bought with one's ears
  3. bought wolf tickets
  4. boughten
  5. boughtest
  6. Boughton
  7. Boughton Malherbe
  8. Boughton under Blean
  9. Boughtons
  10. boughts
  11. boughty

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