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.

Bolton Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Bolton upon Dearne

Historical Forms

  • Commons 1759 EnclA

Etymology

, Commons 1759EnclA , cf. Common Close 1839TA .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement