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.

Castle Bolton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wensley

Historical Forms

  • Bodelton(a), Bodeltun 1086 DB 1173 Riev 1252 Ch
  • Boeltun 1160 Riev 1201 ChR 1208 FF
  • Bouelton 1240 Riev 1252 Ass
  • Bolton 1396 Pap

Etymology

v. boðltun . A castle was built here by Richard le Scrope in

1379 (Pat).

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