Meanings
alternative surname Boulton
- A place in the United Kingdom:
- A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.
But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.
2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC - A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6323).
- A small village in Fangfoss parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7752).
- A small village in Hedgeley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1013).
- A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1635).
- A small village south of Haddington, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5070).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
- A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
- A town in Warren County, New York.
- A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.
- A census-designated place in Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.
2019 September 10, Christian Britschgi, “Ultra-Hawk John Bolton Fired From Trump Administration”, in Reason
Origin
- Old Englishbolt
- Middle EnglishBodeltone
- EnglishBolton
From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).
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Greek Μπόλτον
- Μπόλτον (Bólton)town
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Cite this entry
Bolton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bolton
“Bolton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bolton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bolton,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bolton.
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