Boarstall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Boarstall
Historical Forms
- Burchestala 1158,1159 P
- Burcstala 1159,1160 P
- Borchestal 1169 Miss 14th
- Borestall 1175 P
- Borkestall 1185 RotDom 1200 Cur
- Burkestall' 1199 Cur
- Borgstalle 1200 FineR
- Burstalle 1214 FineR 1210–2 RBE
- Borestal 1232 Fees
- Borstalle 1237–40 Fees
- Borestall 1450 Godr
- Bostoll 1538 LP
- Bostall 1545 LP
- Boorstall in Books 1703 Terr
Etymology
v. burhsteall . Lipscomb quotes (i. 55) from Hearne's Preface to Robert of Gloucester his statement that 'The people of Borstall are mightily pleased when any one tells them that B. is the same with the Saxon word which signifies “a seat on the side of a hill,” which exactly answers to this place.' For this confusion of beorg and burh , v. EPN 11.