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Bawtry Surname Meaning

from Bawtry in WR Yorks. The origin of the place-name is disputed.

The first element may be Old English ball ‘ball’ or ballede ‘ball-shaped or bald’ or a given name Balda; the second is trēow ‘tree’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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