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.

Booth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Howden

Historical Forms

  • Botheby 1550 FF
  • Bowtheby 1575 ib
  • Boothby(e)garth 1599,1611 ib
  • Bowthe 1613 ib
  • Booth(e) 1610 Speed 1612 YAJxix 1695 Morden
  • Botheby 1374 YD

Etymology

Booth is Botheby 1550 FF, Bowtheby 1575 ib., Boothby (e )garth 1599, 1611 ib., Bowthe 1613 ib., Booth (e )1610 Speed, 1612 YAJ xix, 1695 Morden. The place is originally named from the family of Botheby 1374 YD, which came ultimately from one of the Lincolnshire Boothbys.