English Explanatory Dictionary

Baverstock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Dinton parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0231).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Baverstock Baverstocks

Etymology

Recorded as Babestoche in the Domesday Book, the placename is from the Old English personal name Babba + stoc (“outlying farm”).

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