Bonbusk
Early-attested site in the Parish of Holbeck
Historical Forms
- Bondebusk(e) 1227 Welbeck 1252,1281 FF 1301,1306 Welbeck 1327 SR 1340 Ass
- Bondebusch, Bondebuskes 1328 Ch
- Brondebusk, Brondesbusk 1280 Ass
- Bondboske 1539 MinAcct
- Bondbuske 1540 LP
- Bonbusk 1571 BM
Etymology
This name is probably a compound of ON bondi and buskr, the 1280 forms being corrupt. 'Scrub-land occupied by a bondi or peasant farmer.'