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.

Bonkersplace

Field in the Parish of Mercaston

Historical Forms

Bonkersplace 1765 Terrier 1361 RadCh

Booker yard 1662 Survey

Etymology

Bonkersplace(for Boukersplace) 1361, Booker yard 1662(from the occupational surname Boukere'bleacher' and place, geard)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Mercaston