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")