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.

Bulwick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hamfallow

Historical Forms

  • Bulewik e.13 Berk
  • Bolewyke 1305 MinAcct 1492 Aug
  • Bulwicke, Bullicke, Bullycke 1575 TRMB
  • the Bullocks, Bullwick 1839 TA

Etymology

Bulwick (lost), Bulewik e. 13 Berk, Bolewyke 1305MinAcct , 1492 Aug, Bulwicke , Bullicke , Bullycke 1575TRMB , the Bullocks , Bullwick 1839TA . 'Dairy-farm with a bull', v. bula , wīc . The TA map fixes its position at grid-point 156–669001 (TA 13/22, nos. 531, 568, 570).