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Offline g forgeron

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Boreland
« on: Wednesday 15 July 15 21:58 BST (UK) »
Whilst driving in Dumfries & Galloway I kept noticing places with the name Boreland in them, "Boreland of Parton" being one example. What does Boreland mean or signify?

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Re: Boreland
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 15 July 15 23:21 BST (UK) »
From surnamedb about the surname Boreland -

"This name is of Scottish locational origin from any of the places called Borland or Bordland in Dumfriesshire, Galloway, Fife and Pertshire. The name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "bord" meaning a table, plus "land" usually translating as "estate" or "landed property". The reference here is to a "home farm" i.e. land which supplied food for the table of the Lord resident in the Manor.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Boreland#ixzz3g09B6X9O"

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