The story
From the unattested Old English word *bol (“round”) + dūn (“hill”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boldon
Today it means: A group of three villages in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England: Boldon Colliery (OS grid ref NZ3462), East Boldon (OS NZ3661) and West Boldon (OS NZ3561). Full definition →