Wyboston

English

Etymology

Recorded as Wiboldestone in the Domesday Book, from the Old English personal name Wīgbeald, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beald (“brave, bold”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Wyboston

1. A village in Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden parish, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL158165).

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Anagrams

• Boystown