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.

Bulkworthy

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bulkworthy

Historical Forms

  • Buchesurda, Bochesurde, Bochesorda 1086 DB
  • Bulkewrth 1219 Ass 1462 IpmR
  • Bulkaworthy 1345 Ass
  • Bulkesworth 1229 Pat
  • Bolkeworth' 1242 Fees797 1279 Ipm 1303 FA

Etymology

The first element here is doubtless the pers. name found in bulcan pytt (BCS 225) and Bulkeley (Ch). Hence 'Bulca 's farm,' v. worþig .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site