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.

Bolebec Castle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whitchurch

Etymology

So called from the family of Bolebec, into whose possession the manor came in the 12th cent. (L. iii. 508).

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement