Bostock (surname)

Bostock (surname)

Bostock is also a surname, commonly thought to originate from the Cheshire area. The original form of the name is Botestock. It is compounded of two Saxon words: 'Bote' which is a term in Old English law signifying compensation. 'Stock' is a root or trunk, figuratively speaking, a place from which a family sprung. Therefore, Botestock means a place given in compensation for something.

Variations

* Bostick
* Bostwick
* Bowstock

People

Famous people with the surname Bostock include:
* Barbara Bostock (born 1935), American actress
* Gerald Bostock
* Hewitt Bostock (1864 – 1930), Canadian publisher, businessman and politician
* Lyman Bostock
* Roy J. Bostock
* Thomas Edward Bostock


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