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boothferry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
booth-fer-ry
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Asselby parish and Howden parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, north of Boothferry Bridge over the Yorkshire Ouse (OS grid ref SE7326).

Etymology

Originally Botheby (1550), altered to Booth's Ferry by 1651, after a family. The ferry closed down when the bridge opened.

Synonyms

Booth

Questions

What does boothferry mean?
A village in Asselby parish and Howden parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, north of Boothferry Bridge over the Yorkshire Ouse (OS grid ref SE7326).
Where does boothferry come from?
Originally Botheby (1550), altered to Booth's Ferry by 1651, after a family. The ferry closed down when the bridge opened.

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