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.

Bozeat

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bozeat

Historical Forms

  • Bosiet(e) 1086 DB 1216 ClR 1284 FA
  • Bosegete c.1155 BM
  • Bosgieta c.1180 BM
  • Bosiate 1162 P 1200 FineR 1294 Cl
  • Bosiath 1201 Scot
  • Bosehate 1235 Fees
  • Basegata 1194 P
  • Bosegate 1209–35 WellsR 1211 Scot 1285 Fine 1298 Ipm
  • Bosigate 1220 Fees
  • Bosesete 12th Survey
  • Boseyete 1216 ClR
  • Boseyate 12th Survey 1397 Cl
  • Bosyat(e) 1246 Ch 1389 Cl
  • Boceyate 1346 Pat
  • Bosezate 1325 Ipm
  • Boszate 1428 FA
  • Bosgate 1526 SR
  • Bozeatt al. Bosgate 1632 Recov

Etymology

This is 'Bosa 's gate' with the same pers. name noted in Bozenham supra 100. v. geat . There seems to have been con- siderable hesitation between yate and gate in the second element.Cf. Pilsgate infra 231.

Places in the same Parish