Boxworth
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
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This village name means 'box tree farm'. It combines the Old English word for box tree with 'worth', meaning enclosure or farm.
Word origins
- Box
- Old Englishbox tree(from bocs "box tree")
- worth
- Old Englishenclosure, farm(from worþ "enclosure, farm")