Bunny
Major Settlement in the Parish of Bunny
Historical Forms
- Bonei 1086 DB
- Bonei(a) 1108 Dugdv t.Ed2 P 1175 Pap 1205
- Bonai t.Hy2 Ch 1356
- Boney(e) c.1225 Wollaton 1242 Fees 1251 Ch 1270 Ebor 1284,1302 FA
- Buneya 1227 Ebor
- Bunneya 1231 ib
- Bunney 1576 FF
- Bunney al. Boney 1684 Recov
- Bony al. Bunny 1718 ib
- Boneyris 1330 Ass
- Bonney al. Bonnyrise 1572 FF
- Bonney Reyce 1582 Moulton
Etymology
The first element is OE būne , 'reed, rush.' Hence 'rush-grown marshland,' v. eg . There is flat marshland to the west of the village. For Boneyris , etc. cf. Rise Fm supra 141. The name must have referred to some place in the parish overgrown with brushwood.