Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Bolynton 1270 Sheaf 17 Eyre 1288

• Bolynton in foresta de Maclisfeld 1325 Dow

• Bolynton iuxta Tideryngton 1373 ib

• Bolynton iuxta Macclesfeld' 1454 Eyre

• Bolinton 1285 1320 Dow

• Bolington(e), Bolyngton(e) 1285,1287,1290 Eyre

• Bollyngton, Bollington 1559 Pat

• Bulyngton 1365 Pat

• Bullington 1560 Sheaf

• Balington 1526 ChRR

Etymology

'Farm on R. Bollin', from tūn and the r.n. Bollin , cf. R. Bollin 15supra , Bollington 330infra . Ekwall RN 40 observes that this place is on a stream now called R. Dean (cf. 20supra ) a principal tributary of R. Bollin, which must formerly have shared the name of the main stream. Webb's Itinerary , c.1620 (Orm2 iii546) has 'and so to Bollington situate on the Bollin'.