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Boughton Green

suburban area · West Northamptonshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Boughton Green is an Old English place name, meaning 'the green common land by the farmstead'. It combines 'bōth' (a booth, stall, or shed) with 'tūn' (farmstead) and 'grēne' (green, common land).

Word origins

Bough
Old Englishbrook(from bōth "booth, stall, shed")
ton
Old Englishfarmstead, settlement(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead")
Green
Old Englishgreen, common land(from grēne "green, common land")