Market Bosworth
town · Leicestershire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Market Bosworth is a combination of an Old English personal name and the word for a settlement, with 'Market' added later to denote its status as a market town. It means 'Bosworth's farmstead or village'.
Word origins
- Market
- Old Englishmarket(from mearc(a)t "market")
- Bosworth
- Old EnglishBosworth's farmstead(from Bōsa "personal name", worþ "enclosure, farmstead")
Historical forms
Boresworth