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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bulkeley Mills

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • molendinum de Bulkylegh 1308,1315 Chol
  • Buckley Milnes 1783 ib
  • Bulkley Mille 1668–71 Sheaf

Etymology

, molendinum de Bulkylegh 1308, 1315Chol , Buckley Milnes 1783ib , Bulkley Mille 1668–71 Sheaf , cf. le Mulnehurst 1302 (17)Chol , le milnebrok c.1320ib , the Mill Hole 1690ib , Mill Field 1796ib , Mill Hole & Mill Meadow 1839TA , v. myln , hyrst , brōc , hol 1 , feld . The Mill Hole was a water meadow in a hollow near the mill .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site