Boothferry

English

Etymology

Originally Botheby (1550), altered to Booth's Ferry by 1651, after a family. The ferry closed down when the bridge opened.

Proper noun

Boothferry

  1. A village in Asselby parish and Howden parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, north of Boothferry Bridge over the Yorkshire Ouse (OS grid ref SE7326).

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