Bolton

• Boulton (surname)

From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒltən/

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Bolton

1. A place in the United Kingdom:
   1. A town and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.
      • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎^[1]:

        But Bolton deserve real credit, seeking to take advantage of their jitters at every opportunity in typically determined fashion.

   2. A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY6323). ^[1]
   3. A small village in Fangfoss parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7752).
   4. A small village in Hedgeley parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1013).
   5. A northern suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1635). ^[2]
   6. A small village south of Haddington, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5070).
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
   2. A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
   3. An unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois.
   4. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
   5. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   6. An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
   7. A town in Hinds County, Mississippi.
   8. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri.
   9. A town in Warren County, New York.
   10. A town in Columbus County, North Carolina.
   11. A census-designated place in Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio.
   12. A town and census-designated place therein, in Chittenden County, Vermont.
3. A large community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
4. A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.
   • 2019 September 10, Christian Britschgi, “Ultra-Hawk John Bolton Fired From Trump Administration”, in Reason:

     This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.

• Boltons (civil parish)