Boylestone

English

Etymology

Possibly from Old English Boilestun (“Boghyll farm”). From Boghylles, the gentitive 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".

Proper noun

Boylestone

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

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