Boythorpe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chesterfield
Historical Forms
- Buitorp 1086 DB
- Boitorp, Boytorp, Boythorp(e) 1185 Templars 1185,1186,1187,1188 P late12th RegAnt 1234 Fees 1269 Ass
Etymology
Boythorpe, Buitorp 1086 DB, Boitorp , Boytorp , Boythorp (e )1185 Templars (p), 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188 P (p), late 12th RegAnt (p), 1234 Fees, 1269Ass et freq . 'Boie's outlying farm', v. þorp ; cf. Boythorpe (PN ERY 115). Boia is a late OE pers.n., perhaps of Continental origin, v. Feilitzen 205, but Boie , also a loan, is common in ODan and such a source might well be considered here.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Whitecotes Ho
- Goldwell Hill
- Bank Close
- Birdholme
- Brambling Ho
- Brookside
- Crispin Inn
- Highfield
- Hollis Lane Bridge
- The Homestead
- Horns Bridge
- Horsecroft
- Hungerhill
- Jawbones Hill
- Loundsley Green
- New Brampton
- Penmore Ho
- Rose Hill
- Ryehill Ho
- Silkmill Bridge
- Spital Lane
- Stone Bridge
- Storforth Lane
- Wheatbridge(lost)
- Hady Ho