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.

Bolton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bishop Wilton

Historical Forms

  • Bodelton 1086 DB
  • Bouelton 12th Warter
  • Boveltona 1210–20,c.1400 Melsa
  • Bowelton' 1230 P
  • Boelton 1234 Ch 1252
  • Boulton 13th YD 1204 YCh 1655 YD
  • Bolton c.1200 For 1206 Cur 1538 FF
  • Bolton juxta Wylton 1299 Ebor
  • Bolton juxta Pokelyngton 1439 YD

Etymology

'The village,' v. boðltun .

Places in the same Parish