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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Bulwick

Historical Forms

  • Bulewic, Bulewik 1162 P 1301 Ch
  • Bolewyk, Bolewik 12th Survey 1406 ADiii
  • Bulwic 1248 Ipm
  • Bulwyk 1385 Cl
  • Bullewyk(e) 1315 Ass 1381 ADii
  • Bullicke 1622 FF
  • Bollewyk al. Bulwyk 1323 Ipm
  • Bollewyk 1323 Cl

Etymology

'Bull farm,' v. wic . Cf. Cowick (PN D 438).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site