for someone who lived ‘(at the place) where oxen are reared’ (Old French bouverie) a term well used in Middle English minor place-names but apparently not becoming a word of the language.
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What is the origin of the name Bouverie?
for someone who lived ‘(at the place) where oxen are reared’ (Old French bouverie) a term well used in Middle English minor place-names but apparently not becoming a word of the language.