English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Bulworthy

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alverdiscott

Historical Forms

  • Buleworthy 1233 Cl
  • Boleworth(y), Boleworthi 1242 Fees779 1303 FA 1361 Ass
  • Bulleworthy 1499 Ipm

Etymology

'Bull farm,' or Bula 's farm, v. worþig .

Places in the same Parish