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.

Bulkeley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Bukle Hill wher the hedde of Wyver river is c.1536 Leland
  • Bulkley Hill ElizI Surv
  • Bulkley Hill 1668–71 Sheaf
  • Bulckley Hill 1743 Chol

Etymology

, Bukle Hill wher the hedde of Wyver river is c.1536 Leland, Bulkley Hill Eliz ISurv ,Bulkley Hill 1668–71 Sheaf, Bulckley Hill 1743Chol , v. hyll , cf. Peckforton Hills 3312 , Bulkeley supra , R. Weaver 138 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site