Bo'ness
town · Falkirk
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Bo'ness is a contraction of 'Borrowstounness', meaning 'the point or headland of the borrow town'. A borrow town was a fortified town or a town with a charter.
Word origins
- Bo'ness
- Scotscontraction of Borrowstounness
- Borrow
- Old EnglishAttestedfortified town, burgh(from burh "fortified place")
- stoun
- Old EnglishAttestedtown, settlement(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
- ness
- Old Norseheadland, promontory(from nes "headland")
Historical forms
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