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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bonnybanks Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Bolywode c.1320 Dow 1357 ChFor
  • Boliwode 1370 Eyre
  • Bolly Woodes 1611 LRMB200
  • Boniwood, Bonywood 1686,1688 Dow

Etymology

Bonnybanks Park, Bolywode c.1320Dow (p), 1357ChFor (p), Boliwode 1370Eyre (p), Bolly Woodes 1611LRMB 200, Boniwood , Bonywood 1686, 1688Dow , probably 'wood where logs are got' from a ME  adj. bolig (bolr , bola 'a log, a tree trunk', with -ig 3 ) and wudu .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site