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.

Belland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tetcott

Historical Forms

  • Boghelond 1330 SR

Etymology

'Curved land,' v. Bowden supra 37. The place is situated on a spur of land. Cf. Bolland supra 155.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement