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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bonscale

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Bonscal(l) 1588 Rent212 1678 PR(Brt) 1823 M
  • Bonskill 1787 ClarkeM

Etymology

, Bonscal (l )1588Rent 212, 1678 PR(Brt), 1823 M, Bonskill 1787 ClarkeM , v. skáli ' shieling ' ; the first el . may be ON  bondi ' peasant freeholder ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name