Boreham

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Boreham

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From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).

proper noun Borehams

  1. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in the city of Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7509).
  2. countable, uncountable A former hamlet, now a suburb of Warminster, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST8844).
  3. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{boreham_2026,
  title = {Boreham},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boreham},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}