Bothroyd Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

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Family name meaning

Bothroyd is a branch of the Boothroyd name tree. The name is generally explained as “Clearing with booths”.

Bothroyd drops the “o” of Boothroyd, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Boothroid.

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