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Bozeat is a village and civil parish in the Wellingborough borough of Northamptonshire, England, about south of Wellingborough on the A509 road, near Wollaston. At the time of the 2011 census, Bozeat's population was 2,052.〔(Office for National Statistics: 2011 Census: Bozeat CP: Parish headcounts ). Retrieved 16th July 2015〕 ==Origin of the name== Rev Joseph Horace Marlow gives two possible origins of Bozeat's name: *Bozeat probably existed in Saxon times - Saxon coins have been found - and an early spelling of Bozeat was ''Bosgate'', suggesting Bozeat may have meant ''Bosa(s) gate''. Bosa was a common Saxon name and a Saxon Earl Bosa held land near here. In a similar way Strixton is named after the Saxon thane Strix. In Old English ''geat/gaet'', and in Middle English ''yatt'' and ''zett'' are all recognised as meaning gate, opening or entrance to woods or land. All the various spellings of Bozeat over the years show some link to both ''Bosa'' and gate. One possible French influence is shown in the Domesday Book (1086) spelling ''Bosiete'' and it is possible that the Normans slightly altered the name to make it more French. There may even be a link with the French ''Bosquet'' (small wood) or Latin ''Boscus'' (wood). With all the vagaries of spelling and spoken English over the centuries it is unlikely that Bozeat is still pronounced in the same way it was originally. *A second explanation of the name Bozeat meaning beautiful spring, from the French Beau-jet, assumes that the pronunciation of Bozeat was the same centuries ago as it is now. So although this theory is very appealing it does not have the same historical credibility as the first - Bosa's Gate. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'' says that Bozeat is derived from the ''"Gate or gap of a man called Bosa."''〔Mills, A.D. (1998). A Dictionary of English Place-names. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford. p48. ISBN 0-19-280074-4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bozeat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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