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.

Bonningtons, Bonington Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hatfield Broad Oak

Historical Forms

  • Bolyngtons 1436 Ct
  • Bollingtons , Bollingtons greene 1617,1620 Ct
  • Boddington Green 1780 Rental
  • Boli(n)ton(e) 1255 AddCh 1275 RH

Etymology

Bonningtons (6″), Bonington Green is Bolyngtons 1436Ct , Bollingtons , Bollingtons greene 1617, 1620Ct , Boddington Green 1780Rental .So called from the family of William de Boli (n )ton (e ) (1255AddCh , 1275 RH), which probably came originally from Bollington Hall infra 553.