English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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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.'

Places in the same Parish