English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Bostock

Major Settlement in the Parish of Davenham

Historical Forms

  • Botestoch 1086 DB
  • Boristok c.1180 AddCh 12 Chol 17
  • Bostoc c.1200 AddCh
  • Bosto(c)k, Bostocke c.1250 MidCh
  • Bostoke 1281 Tab 1304 Chamb 1385 Cl 1463 ChRR 1536 et freq
  • Bosthoke 1281 Tab
  • Bustok 1287 Court
  • Bostestok 1335 MainwB
  • Poystok 1408 ChRR
  • Boxtok 1421 Tab

Etymology

'Bōta's hamlet', from the OE  pers.n. Bōta and stoc, cf. Bosley 154.

Places in the same Parish