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BONADY. From bon-duy, the house of God; or bon-dew, the black dwelling. Hence perhaps the surname Boundy.

BONAFORD. From bo'n-vordh, the dwelling on the way or road.

BONALLECK. See Benalleck.

BONE. From Bone in Madron; from bo-hân, the summer house.

BONEALVY. From bo'n-hâl-vy, the house on the hill or moor by the river. "It occurs as a local name in an abstract from the Augmentation Office relating to the Priory of Launceston." D. Gilbert, ii. 430.

BONETTO. From root of Bonithon, q. v.; or from bon-ithig, the great belly (i. e. the great hill).

BONIFANT. This name may mean the dwelling at the source or fountain (bo'n'y-font), or the dwelling in the bottom or valley (Armor, font, a bottom).

BONITHAN, BONITHON, BONYTHON. From Bonithon or Bonython, now Bonithin, an estate in the parish of Cury; from bo'n'y-thon, furzy dwelling.

BONTHRON. From bo'n-i-tron, the dwelling on the promontory or headland.

BONYTHON. See Bonithon.

BONYTHORN. A corruption of Bonthron, q. v.

BORASTON. From bora's-ton, the boar's hill; or Bora's-don, the hill of Bora.

BORDEN. From bor-den, the fat, i. e. fruitful, hill.

BORDENY. From Bordeney Abbey in St. Cleather; from bor-den-y, the fruitful hill by the river.

BORDINNER. See Bodinnar.

BORLASE, BORLAS. From Borlase, in the parish of