The story
From the Old English personal name Bealdhere, which is composed of the elements beald (“bold, brave”) and here (“army”), + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balderstone
Today it means: A suburban area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9051). Full definition →