Bulphan
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bulphan
Historical Forms
- Bulgeuen 1086 DB
- Bolegefanne 1269 FF
- Bulgwan 1341 NI
- Bur(e)g(h)efen 1243,1247 FF
- Burghfanne 1342 Ass
- Bulchfen 1248 Ass
- Bulhefan 13th StJohn
- Buluefen 1255 Ass
- Bulewephen 1291 Tax
- Bolewefan 1318 Pat
- Bolewefanenne (sic) 1321 Cl
- Bulvevanne 1334 Cl
- Bulephen 1291 Tax
- Bulefan 1300 Abbr
- Bulevaune (sic) 1318 Pat
- Bulfen 1310 Cl
- Bulfaune (sic) 1354 Pat
- Bulfanne 1375 BM 1399 IpmR
- Buluan 1594 N
- Bollefan 1326 FF
- Bollewefenne 1328 Banco
- Bulvand 1547 Will
- Bulfant, Bolfande Halle 1553 Ct
Etymology
'Marshland marked by a burh or fortified place,' v. fenn . The l is due to AN confusion of r and l . v. IPN 106, and cf. Bulverhythe from burhwara -hȳð (PN Sx 535). Its persistence here is clearly due, in part at least, to the fact that bull-fen made good sense.