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.

Boosbeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skelton

Historical Forms

  • Bosbek 1375 Barbour'sBruce

Etymology

'Stream near the cowshed' from OE  bōs (ig ) and bekkr.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement