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.

Bullfer Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Gunthorpe

Historical Forms

  • (molend. de) Buleford 13 Walsing

Etymology

, (molend . de ) Buleford 13Walsing ; cf. Rad . de Bolewic 13Walsing , Bulwyck 14ib , v. *bula ' bull ' and ford plus evidence for an early name in wīc .