Bozeat
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| Bozeat shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 2,051 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP9158 |
| • London | 65 miles (105 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wellingborough |
| Postcode district | NN29 |
| Dialling code | 01933 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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Bozeat local /ˈboʊʒət/ is a village and civil parish in the Wellingborough borough of Northamptonshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) south of Wellingborough on the A509 road, near Wollaston. At the time of the 2011 census, Bozeat's population (including Easton Maudit) was 2,052.
Rev Joseph Horace Marlow gives two possible origins of Bozeat's name:
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.
The Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names says that Bozeat is derived from the "Gate or gap of a man called Bosa."
A little north-west of Bozeat a 48 ft circular Roman building was excavated in 1964-65. Two Roman kilns and five other buildings were also found during work on a housing estate.
Before the Norman Conquest, the Saxon thane, Strix (of Strixton) held some of the land here under Earl Waltheof, a powerful Saxon Earl of Northumbria. At the Norman Conquest, William I gave most of the land locally to his niece Judith, who became the first Countess of Northampton. Judith married Earl Waltheof, so the Saxon Earl and the Norman Lady became joint owners.
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