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.

Bolney Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ardingly

Historical Forms

  • Ballesdye 1591 Ipm
  • Bauldeigh 1665 HearthTax
  • Baldney al. Bolne 1727 EstateMap

Etymology

Bolney Fm (6″) is Ballesdye 1591 (Ipm ), Bauldeigh 1665 (Hearth Tax ) and Baldney al. Bolne 1727 (Estate Map ). No certain conclusion as to the etymology is possible. It may be that it contains the same pers. name Beald (a ) found in Balcombe infra 255.