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.

Botloe Hundred

Hundred in the County of Gloucestershire

Historical Forms

  • Botelav h(vn)d', Botelewes hd', Boteslav hd' 1086 DB
  • (hd' de) Botelaw(ia), Botelawe 1130 P 1221 Ass 1270 For
  • (hund' de) Bottelaw(e) 1220 Fees 1221,1248 Ass 1255 Cl c.1275 For
  • Bottelow(e) 1265 Pat 1284 Misc 1303 FA 1464 Pat
  • (hund' de) Boteslawe 1221 Ass
  • Botteslawe 1247 Fees 1248 Ass
  • (hund' de) Buttelawe 1265 Pat 1287 Ass 1303 FA
  • (hundr' de) Botlow(e) 1276 RH 1486 Pat 1539 LP 1659 ParlSurv

Etymology

The name survives in Botloe's Green (174infra ), 1½ miles north of Newent.