Bonsall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bonsall
Historical Forms
- Bunteshale 1086 DB
- Bunteshal' 1195 P 1295 Abbr 1298 Ipm
- Buntesale 1306 Ass
- Bonteshā 1166 P
- Bontis-, Bontishal(e), Bontisal(e) 1251 Ch 1252 RegAnt 1269 Ass 1474 DbCh
- Bontsale 1419 DbCh
- Bonteshall, Bontishall 1306 Ass 1519 DbAxix 1535 Val 1582 Lanc 1758 Bowen
- Bontesall als Bondsall 1561 DbAxxvii
- Bundeshale 1330 Ass
- Bondeshal(e), Bondishal(e), Bondisal(e) 1330 Ass 1348 Cor 1361 DbCh 1428 FA
- Bondsale 1340 Woll 1402 DbCh 1412 HardCh
- Bon(e)sale 1427,1442 WollCh 1577 DbAi
- Bonsall 1505 DbAxlv 1519 DbAxix 1541 WollCh
- Bounteshall 1630 Derby
- Nether Bonsall 1690 Derby
Etymology
'Bunt's nook of land', v. halh . The OE pers.n. Bunt is not independently recorded, but appears in several pl.ns., such as Birchgrove (PN Sx 271), Bountisborough Hundred (Ha), and the weak form of the name in Benton (PN D 30). Cf. Upper Town infra 346.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Abel Lane
- Arter Hill
- Ball Eye
- Beans and Bacon Mine
- Black Tor
- Blakelow Hill
- Blake Mere
- Bonsall Mill
- Catstone Barn
- Cotterhole Quarry
- Rugs Hall
- The Study
- Tower Lane
- Town End Fm
- Town Head
- Two Meres
- Via Gellia
- Wellhead Lane
- Bonsall Dale
- Bonsall Moor
- Clatterway
- Dunsley Springs
- Fairy Lane
- Field Fm
- Green Lane
- Horsedale
- Leys
- Leys Lane
- Low Fm
- Lych Gate
- Moorlands Lane
- Nether Green Ho
- Pounder Lane
- Puddle Hill