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.

Boehill Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sampford Peverell

Historical Forms

  • Byohyll 958 BCS1027
  • Beohill 1173–5 Ch 1329 Ipm 1343
  • Bihede (sic) 1086 DB
  • Buhill c.1200 Canonsleigh
  • Nitherebuhull juxta Saunford 1292 Ass
  • Behille 1242 Fees781
  • Behull 1329 FF

Etymology

'Bee hill.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement