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.

Bolton Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gosforth

Historical Forms

  • Boutonam c.1170 StB
  • Bouelton c.1230 StB
  • Boulton 1279 Ass
  • Bothelton 1251 FF 1279 Ass
  • Botheltona c.1300 Netherhall
  • Bolton 1294 Cl
  • in Coupland 1310 Greenfieldiv 1318 ADiv
  • Bolton Hall 1497 Ipm
  • Boleton 1364 Ipm
  • Boltonheued 1282 StB

Etymology

'tūnmarked by a bōðl or building,' v. bōðltūn .