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.

Bould

Early-attested site in the Parish of Idbury

Historical Forms

  • Bolda t.Hy3 AD
  • la Bold 1278–9 RH
  • la Bolde c.1300 Winchcombe
  • Labolde 1302–3 FA
  • Bold early18th ParColl
  • Folda 1316 FA
  • Bold Wood 1797 Davis

Etymology

OE (Anglian) bold, 'building.'

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement