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.

Bothel

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bothel and Threapland

Historical Forms

  • Bothle c.1125,c.1135 StB
  • Botla, Botlia c.1125 StB
  • Botle c.1135 ib
  • Bothel 1230 Scotland 1278 Ass
  • Boyele 1278 Ass
  • Bothele 1301 Ch
  • Bothil(l), Bothyll 1279 Ass 1777 NB
  • Buthill 1796 Brayton
  • Bodell 1369 Ipm 1610 Speed
  • Botill 1421 FF
  • Bold 1580 Border
  • Bole 1675 Sandford
  • Boal 1745 CaineCl
  • Boald al. Bothel 1756 LowtherW
  • Bothill, otherwise Boald 1816 Lysons

Etymology

'Building,' bōðl. In 1292 (Ass ) it was stated that certain tene- ments were “in Bothel et non in Bostel.

Places in the same Parish