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West Bexington

village · Dorset

Old EnglishAI-generated

West Bexington is a village to the west of Bexington. The name Bexington likely derives from Old English 'Beoxa's tun', meaning the farmstead or village of a person named Beoxa.

Word origins

West
Old Englishwest(from west "west")
Bexington
Old Englishfarmstead of Beoxa(from Beoxa "personal name", tun "farmstead, village")

Historical forms

Westbexington 1347