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.

Bosworth mill way

Field in the Parish of Market Harborough

Historical Forms

  • Bosworth mill way 1635 Terrier

Etymology

Bosworth mill way 1635 (v. myln, weg; since Husbands Bosworth lies 7 miles to the south - west beyond Lubenham and Theddingworth, Bosworth here appears to be the surn. of a family originally from that township)