Bolton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishop Wilton
Historical Forms
- Bodelton 1086 DB
- Bouelton 12th Warter
- Boveltona 1210–20,c.1400 Melsa
- Bowelton' 1230 P
- Boelton 1234 Ch 1252
- Boulton 13th YD 1204 YCh 1655 YD
- Bolton c.1200 For 1206 Cur 1538 FF
- Bolton juxta Wylton 1299 Ebor
- Bolton juxta Pokelyngton 1439 YD
Etymology
'The village,' v. boðltun .