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.

Bollington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bowdon & Rostherne

Historical Forms

  • Bolintun 13 Tab
  • Bolinton(a) c.1222 Sheaf 1580 Dow c.1233
  • Bolynton(a) 1312 Plea
  • Bolynton(a) iuxta Dunham (Mascy) 1382 1408 ChRR
  • Bolynton(a) iuxta Akedon' 1431 JRL
  • Bollinton 1320 Mere
  • Bolington (iuxta Dunham) 1287 Court
  • Bolyngton 1353 BPR
  • Bollyngton 1549 Pat
  • Bollington 1584 ChRR

Etymology

'Farm by R. Bollin', from the r.n. Bollin 115supra , v. tūn . Cf. Bollington 1187. Bollington adjoins Dunham Massey and Agden 19, 42supra .