Balderstone
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Balderston, Bolderston
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Baldhere, which is composed by the elements beald (“bold, brave”) and here (“army”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Balderstone (countable and uncountable, plural Balderstones)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9051).
- A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6232).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Balderstone is the 13394th most common surname in England, belonging to 407 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Balderstone”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 88.
- Forebears