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.

Boulton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Alvaston and Boulton

Historical Forms

  • Boletune 1086 DB
  • Boleton(e) 1176 P 1281 Ass 1306 Ass 1330 Ass 1330 Ipm
  • Bolton(e) 1157,late12th,1235 Darley 1236 Ch 1237 Darley 1243 Fees 1546 DKR
  • Boulton 1221–30 Fees 1294 HarlCh
  • Bowlton 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed
  • Boolton 1328 SR
  • Bulton 1431 FA 1574 AddCh 1577 DbAi

Etymology

Probably 'Bola's farm', v. tūn .