The story
- Old English · derived frombolt
- Middle English · inherited fromBodeltone
- English todayBolton
From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbolt all →
bolt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.