English Explanatory Dictionary

Boylestone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England.

Word forms

Boylestone Boylston

Etymology

Possibly from Old English Boilestun (“Boghyll farm”). From Boghylles, the genitive singular form made up of Old English boga (“bow”) + hyll ("hill") combined with tūn ("farm"). All three elements synthesize to a meaning of "rounded hill farm".

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