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Baltonsborough Flights

lake or loch · Somerset

Old EnglishAI-generated

Baltonsborough Flights is likely named from Old English words meaning 'settlement by the stone bridge'. It refers to a series of locks or weirs near a stone bridge.

Word origins

Bal
Old Englishstone(from bæl "stone")
ton
Old Englishsettlement(from tun "settlement")
borough
Old Englishbridge(from brycg "bridge")
flights
Old Englishlocks or weirs(from flīht "locks or weirs")