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Boughton

suburban area · Cheshire West and Chester

Old EnglishAI-generated

Boughton is an Old English place name, meaning 'farmstead by the brook'. It combines 'bōth' (a booth, stall, or shed) with 'tūn' (farmstead, settlement), possibly with a reference to a nearby brook.

Word origins

Bough
Old Englishbrook(from bōth "booth, stall, shed")
ton
Old Englishfarmstead, settlement(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead")