Box End
village · Bedford
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This village name combines 'box tree' with 'end', likely indicating a location at the extremity of an area associated with box trees.
Word origins
- Box
- Old Englishbox tree(from bocs "box tree")
- End
- Old EnglishAttestedend, extremity(from ende "end")
