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.

Boymill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Iffley

Historical Forms

  • Boymull c.1250–60 Frid c.1425 Frid 1358 c.1425

Etymology

Boymill (lost in Iffley) is Boymull c. 1250–60 (c. 1425) Fridet freq with variant spellings Boymulle , Boymulne , Boiemyln to 1358 (c. 1425) Frid. 'Boia 's mill,' v. myln , but v. Addenda lii.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement