English Explanatory Dictionary

Boothferry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Asselby parish and Howden parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, north of Boothferry Bridge over the Yorkshire Ouse (OS grid ref SE7326).

Word forms

Boothferry

Etymology

Originally Botheby (1550), altered to Booth's Ferry by 1651, after a family. The ferry closed down when the bridge opened.

Synonyms

Booth
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