Bolton

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A placename:

Origin

  • From Old English bolt-tun, “settlement within a dwelling”, ultimately from Old English bold, blod, bolt, botl, + tun, (“enclosure, homestead, town”), equivalent to the modern -ton.

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