Boxted
village · Essex
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This village name means 'box tree place'. It combines the Old English word for box tree with 'stead', meaning place or farmstead.
Word origins
- Box
- Old Englishbox tree(from bocs "box tree")
- ted
- Old EnglishAttestedplace, farmstead(from stede "place, farmstead")