Boughton

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Boughton

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From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Boughtons

countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).
countable, uncountable A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565).
countable, uncountable A village in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6768).
countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Old English.

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@misc{boughton_2026,
  title = {Boughton},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boughton},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}