Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• ecclesiam sancti Botolfi de Saxelebi 1143–7 Dane

• eccl'sie s'c'i Botolphi 1318 Thor

• church of Saxelby 1658 LindDep

• St. Botolph's Church 1966 SaxPar

Etymology

1966SaxPar , ecclesiam sancti Botolfi de Saxelebi 1143–7 Dane, eccl 'sie s 'c 'i Botolphi 1318Thor , church of Saxelby 1658LindDep , St . Botolph 's Church 1966SaxPar , v. cirice ; the cult of the 7th - century saint Bot ( w ) ulf , abbot of Icanho , whose name appears to be contained in Boston , Skirbeck Wapentake Holland ( DLPN 17 ) , was widespread in medieval East Anglia and its margins , see D . Whitelock , ' The pre-Viking age church in East Anglia ' , Anglo - Saxon England 1 ( 1972 ) , 1 – 22 , at 10 – 12 and 10 – 11 n. 3 ; J . Blair , The Church in Anglo - Saxon Society ( Oxford , 2005 ) , 210 n. 116 , 319 , 425 .