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.

Bolnoe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bletsoe

Historical Forms

  • Bolnoh 1219 FF
  • Bolnho 1276 Ass
  • Bolonho 13th ADii
  • Bolho ib.
  • Bollinho 13th ADiii

Etymology

'Bol(l)a's hoh,' with the same pers. name (possibly of the same man) that is found in Bolnhurst supra 13, three miles to the east. It is probable that this is Bourne End . In Jefferys' map this is marked as Bone End . This is fairly common as a corruption of Bourne End (cf. Wootton Bourne End infra 87) but the name Bourne End is singularly inapplicable to the site as it is away from streams. On the other hand, it is on a hoh , Bone End may be from Bolnoe End and Bourne End be a 'respectable' corruption of it.Cf. Bone Hill (Wo), 1262 Bolenhull .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement