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.

Baron Side

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ousby

Historical Forms

  • Borganessat c.1237 Weth
  • scalingam de Borchams c.1270 Laner

Etymology

Cf. Borvanis t. Hy 3, c. 1245 ib., Boryganis c. 1256 ib.A compound of burghan and sætr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement