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From the Old English personal name Bēofa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A hamlet in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST657949). Full definition →
From the Old English personal name Bēofa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.