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.

Boarshurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Boar Hurst 1771 M

Etymology

, 1726 PRSad , Boar Hurst 1771 M , v. bār ' boar ' , hyrst ' wood ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement