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. ”