Balderstone

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)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9051).
   2. A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6232).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Balderstone is the 13394^th 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