Etymology

Broxton

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Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Broxton and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854). Full definition →

Old English burgæsn
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  1. Old English · derived fromburgæsn“burial place”
  2. English todayBroxton

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.

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