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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bonsley Cmn

Other OS name in the Parish of Shillingstone

Historical Forms

  • Bowslye Common 1583 SPDom
  • Bonslate 1774 Hutch1 1795 Boswell
  • Bonslate or Bonsleigh 1869 Hutch3
  • Bonsley (Down) 1811 OS 1838 TA

Etymology

, Bowslye Common 1583SPDom , Bonslate 1774Hutch1, 1795 Boswell, Bonslate or Bonsleigh 1869 Hutch3, Bonsley (Down )1811 OS, 1838TA ; Professor Löfvenberg suggests that the first el . may be the OE  pers.n. Buna , and that the second is probably slæget alternating with slege ' sheep pasture ' .