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")