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.

Bosslane (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hughenden

Etymology

Cf. Bossemede quoted from the 15th cent. in VCH. It is clear that both take their name from the same person and that he bore the name found in Bosmore supra .